Walsichtung: Wal vor Polens Ostseeküste gesichtet
Nach Sichtungen in Wismar und vor Fischland-Darß-Zingst taucht nun ein Wal vor einem polnischen Seebad auf. Ist es dasselbe Tier?
A whale has washed up on the Polish beach of Miedzyzdroje, situated on the country's Baltic Sea coast. An environmental protection spokesperson for WWF Poland informed Deutsche Presse-Agentur that while it was a whale, they could not determine the species or if it was the same individual reported in Germany. The large marine mammal, several meters in length, was discovered near the beach of Miedzyzdroje on Saturday afternoon.
The Polish rescue service WOPR reported the situation to WWF's Blue Patrol, which examined the whale. Estimates suggest the animal could have been over six meters long, and it was free-swimming without becoming entangled in fishing nets. WOPR escorted the whale in a boat eastwards to the coastal town of Wiselka in the late afternoon to protect it from watercraft.
The Polish rescue team shared a video of the grey-and-white striped whale on social media, showing its back and blowhole in the water. In late July, another whale made an appearance in the harbor of Wismar before another sighting occurred in open Baltic waters near Wustrow Bridge two days later. It remains unclear if these were the same whale from Wismar.
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