Once again, a whale has strayed into the Seine. After a female orca swam up the French river in May and died, this time a beluga whale was sighted. The authorities are now considering how to save the mammal, which is more adapted to cold Arctic waters.
Laut einem "BBC"-Bericht befindet sich der Belugawal derzeit in der Nähe einer Schleuse bei Vernon, etwa 70 Kilometer nordwestlich von Paris. Die Öffentlichkeit ist dringend geboten, sich von dem möglicherweise untergewichtigen Tier fernzuhalten. »An alle, die sich um das Schicksal des Belugas sorgen: Abstand zu halten ist von größerer Bedeutung. Helfen Sie uns, ihm zu helfen, indem Sie diese Anweisungen befolgen, denn das Wohl des Tieres hat Vorrang vor Neugier«, schreibt die französische NGO »Sea Shepherd« bei Twitter.
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Experts puzzle why the whale has moved away so far from its natural habitat. "The challenge is now to feed him and try to accompany him towards the ocean," Lamya Essemlali, the head of the environmental protection organization, is quoted by the Reuters news agency. Lifting the whale out of the water and bringing back to the sea are out of the question. That is too risky.
The authorities have not yet provided any information on the size of the animal, but an adult white whale, as belugas are also called, can grow more than four meters in length and weigh a few tons. Usually they live in Arctic and subarctic waters, mainly on the coasts of Alaska, Canada and Russia. In Europe, their occurrence is actually limited to the extreme north of Norway. Like the closely related narwhals, they do not have a dorsal fin; their bluish-white to creamy-white coloration is also striking.
The orca female, which had strayed into his in spring, was originally supposed to be pissed off into the open sea with the help of noises. However, the rescue operation failed. The state of health of the whale was bad, it was severely weakened and seemed disoriented. Before the authorities were able to put the whale female to sleep, it starved. The stomach was empty, the prefecture in Rouen said after an autopsy. Now everyone hopes that the rescue operation for Beluga will go out better than for the Orca female.
