The orca, which roamed the Seine in France for weeks, is dead. A skipper discovered the whale floating in the river Monday morning. The animal suffered from tumors and an advanced fungal infection, so it had to be euthanized.
Otherwise, weakened mammals could have contracted the sick whale, as reported. The animal, which weighs tons, is now being brought to shore and rescued. After that, veterinary staff and biologists will perform an autopsy to find out why the marine mammal got lost in the English Channel and what caused it to die. Only on Saturday did a drone show that the orca was suffering from tumors and an advanced fungal infection. So he should have been killed.
Don’t swim to the sea
According to the Marine Mammal Research Group (GEEC), the crew of a trawler first spotted the whale in early April, about 30 kilometers off the coast of Normandy. Since then, it has been spotted time and again along the coast, in the Seine estuary and even some 60 kilometers upstream in the Seine near Yainville. Instead of going to the sea, the animal would have swum back and forth disoriented. During the rescue attempt on Saturday, an attempt was made to lead the orca out to sea using whale sounds.
Orcas are more at home off the coasts of Scotland, Iceland and Norway, and further south in the Atlantic Ocean (the Bay of Biscay).
Source: Krone
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