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Whale Stranded on German Coast Swims Off, Gets Stuck Again
Rescuers and two entrepreneurs have tried to refloat the 13.5-meter whale, but officials said it is badly injured and may soon die.
- A stranded humpback whale nicknamed Timmy swam free on its own before halting near Poel on Monday. Till Backhaus, environment minister for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, insisted the 13.5-meter mammal was merely "resting."
- Rescuers had prepared a complex operation using inflatable cushions and pontoons to transport the 12-metric-ton whale toward the North Sea. The animal has struggled in shallow Baltic Sea waters for weeks, suffering from a severe skin condition.
- Police enforced a 500-meter protection zone due to intense public fascination with the mammal's plight. Despite these measures, a 67-year-old woman jumped from a boat over the weekend attempting to reach the whale before authorities stopped her.
- Marine biologist Thilo Maack of Greenpeace warned that ongoing intervention causes the sick whale severe stress. Maack told The Associated Press, "I believe the whale will die very soon now."
- Experts remain divided on whether further rescue attempts are viable as local authorities maintain hope. The whale breathes irregularly and remains in clear distress while daily livestreams broadcast its struggle to global audiences.
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Stranded, loosed, stranded again – and several times. How is it going on in the drama about the humpback whale in the Baltic Sea? At night the animal lies quietly. What experts advise.The drama about the stranded humpback whale in the Baltic Sea does not end. The helpers hope that the ton heavy animal swims again after a nightly rest break and finds its way out of the Kirchsee, a flat bay of the island of Poel north of Wismar. At night Mecklenbu…
Wismar – For days, humpback whale Timmy has been fighting for survival before Wismar. The weakened animal is stuck again and again, making it into the free water – and...
The humpback whale, which has so far been stuck off the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, swims again in the bay.
It is a battle against time: At a sinking water level, helpers try to get the humpback whale lying in the flat again to swim in deeper water. In the evening, hope sprouts.
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