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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.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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: 5, Informative) by EvilSS on Tuesday February 26 2019, @02:16PM (6 children)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 26 2019, @02:16PM (#806915)

    “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.

    And if you look at the article you can see it was in a low area that was recently flooded.

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday February 26 2019, @03:19PM (3 children)

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Tuesday February 26 2019, @03:19PM (#806957)

    The article refutes is own clickbait title "and nobody knows why". Classic.

    Reminds me of this. "Scenario number one. He's hanging by his neck in his fucking closet." [youtube.com]

    How about we don't submit articles from Vice anymore.

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Tuesday February 26 2019, @06:13PM (2 children)

      by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday February 26 2019, @06:13PM (#807127) Journal

      I thought that would be about David Carradine.

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      • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Tuesday February 26 2019, @07:34PM

        by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 26 2019, @07:34PM (#807197)
        Me too.

      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday February 26 2019, @09:03PM

        by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday February 26 2019, @09:03PM (#807258) Journal

        I thought Clyde Bruckman had revealed it would be Agent Mulder.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday February 26 2019, @06:13PM (1 child)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday February 26 2019, @06:13PM (#807125)

    We're still not sure how it landed here...you can see it was in a low area that was recently flooded

    In other words, they're acting like morons. If the tide was flooding into the jungle then the whale could have floated in with the tide. Other possibilities include the above mentioned hooligans with a come-along, and an infinite improbability drive in action, so I guess that's sufficient reason to say "we're still not sure" - if you're a moron.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 27 2019, @05:24AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 27 2019, @05:24AM (#807479)

      Other possibilities include the above mentioned hooligans with a come-along, and an infinite improbability drive in action, so I guess that's sufficient reason to say "we're still not sure" - if you're a moron.

      It was a Vice article... Of course the writer was a moron, you insensitive clod.