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There's a Dead Humpback Whale in the Amazon Jungle and Nobody Knows Why

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 26 2019, @01:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the would-you-rather-have-LIVE-humpback-whales-in-the-Amazon-jungle? dept.

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Scientists are puzzling over the discovery of a dead humpback whale in the Amazon jungle, about 50 feet from the ocean shore.

The calf was found on Friday on the tropical forest floor of Marajó Island, which sits at the mouth of the Amazon river, after reports that vultures were scavenging on the carcass. It was photographed and examined by the wildlife nonprofit Bicho D'água Institute and the region’s Municipal Secretariat of Health, Sanitation, and Environment (SEMMA).

Estimated to be about one year old, the whale baby was already eight meters (26 feet) from head to tail, according to an Instagram post from Bicho D'água. Adult humpback whales can grow to twice that size.

The team is not sure exactly how the whale ended up in the jungle.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59xwnn/theres-a-dead-humpback-whale-in-the-amazon-jungle-and-nobody-knows-why

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @02:03PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 26 2019, @02:03PM (#806911)

    From the article

    “We believe this is a calf which may have been traveling with its mother and probably got lost or separated during the migratory cycle,” Renata Emin, a marine mammal expert with Bicho D'água, told the Brazilian news site O Liberal.

    “We're still not sure how it landed here, but we're guessing that the creature was floating close to the shore and the tide, which has been pretty considerable over the past few days, picked it up and threw it inland, into the mangrove,” she said.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday February 26 2019, @07:44PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday February 26 2019, @07:44PM (#807201) Journal

    We believe this is a calf which may have been traveling with its mother and probably got lost or separated during the migratory cycle

    Damn, that's "Mr. Magoo" level on the "How Bad You Lost" scale!