In the water area of the Baltic Sea, the appearance of a humpback whale, a rare species for these waters, has been recorded. This has been reported by Ren TV channel.
Kaliningrad fishermen were the first to notice a typical injection fountain, and then the spine and part of the body of a huge mammal, the length could reach 16 meters and the mass of 40 tons. This is the second similar case in recent years: In March 2023, a whales have been seen by Zelenogradsk.
Biologists have recorded the risk of sharp extinction
According to scientists, the appearance of these beach giants in Baltic is random. There is an assumption that the whale uses a Baltic brine to remove parasites, but the absence of a sufficient amount of food makes it impossible for a long time here.
Anton Chernetsky, a senior researcher at the Ocean Institute, expressed concerns about the fate of the whale, emphasized that the animal may not exist without access to the rich animal feed resources of the Atlantic.
In March, for the first time at the Cape Code Bay (USA) this season, a few North Atlantic whales were seen by their mother and child.
Previously, scientists had found a way of sleeping whales, turning off half of the brain.