
Outlook worsens for whale stranded on German coast
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Berlin: The health of a humpback whale stranded on Germany s Baltic Sea coast is deteriorating, conservationists said Tuesday, as efforts to free the...
Berlin: The health of a humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic Sea coast is deteriorating, conservationists said Tuesday, as efforts to free the animal continued.
The 10-metre (33-foot) long whale was first spotted stuck in shallow water close to Niendorf near the city of Luebeck early on Monday.
Rescuers have been trying since to get it back into deeper water, so far without success.
Members of the Institute of Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research (ITAW), monitor a stranded whale at the Timmendorfer Beach, northern Germany on March 23, 2026. (Photo by Ulrich Perrey / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT
Carsten Manheimer of the marine conservation group Sea Shepherd told AFP that the whale had developed a skin condition resembling barnacles due to the water's low salinity.













