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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.

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: 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.