Humpback whale beached twice on sand bar in Brazil has little chance of surviving
By APWednesday, August 25, 2010
Humpback whale beached on sand bar in Brazil
SAO PAULO — Marine biologists say a humpback whale has beached itself for the second time in two days on a sandbar in southern Brazil.
Mauricio Tavares of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul says the 11 meter-long (36-foot-long) whale returned on Wednesday to the same sand bar that rescuers had towed it away from a day earlier.
He says the whale is breathing with difficulty, indicating it is sick and unable to continue it northbound journey.
He says the 25-ton whale’s chances for survival are minimal.
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