2023-06-27 15:48:11
EUROPA PRESS
Santiago de Compostela
Updated Tuesday, June 27, 2023 – 15:48
The animal, which has already washed ashore dead, is the first of this endangered species to appear on the Galician coast since 2011.
Humpback whale stranded in FerrolKiko DelgadoEFE
A Humpback Whale of between eight and 10 meters in length has appeared stranded on the shore of the marmadeiro beachbelonging to the municipality of Ferrol.
It is the first humpback whale, one of the largest rocuales species that exists, which varies on the Galician coast since 2011 and the fourth since 1990, when cetacean records began to be taken in the area.
The specimen measures between 8 and 10 meters and He reached the shore already dead. Since then, it has remained on the shore waiting for the Ferrol City Council to organize the operation for its removal.
The discovery occurred late Monday afternoon in the Ferrol sandbank, to where volunteers from civil protection and members of the Coordinator for the Study of Marine Mammals (Cemma).
The humpback whale is a species in a critical situation due to the proliferation of its hunting throughout the 20th century, which has led these cetaceans to the brink of extinction.
Humpback whales live, in addition to other waters on the planet, in the European shoresfrom where they move to the North Africa.
The cetacean that appeared in Ferrol was sighted days before in the Cape Prior area, so the Cemma technicians are considering that the death of the animal could be due to got caught in fishing gear.
Before its withdrawal from the ferrolano arena, Cemma proceed to take samples from the animal which, once taken from the beach, will be cremated.
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