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Germany: Stranded humpback whale moving again

Deutsche Welle · · 636 words · By Matt Ford; Mark Hallam
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“The humpback whale stuck for more than a week in two different spots in the Baltic Sea finally started to swim again on Monday evening”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 17–18 November 2024, two submarine telecommunication cables, the BCS East-West Interlink and C-Lion1 fibre-optic cables, were disrupted in the Baltic Sea. The incidents involving both cables occurr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to th…
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“Water levels in Wismar Bay rose around 30 centimeters on Monday evening”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The attack on Marstrand was a successful Dano-Norwegian siege of the Swedish town of Marstrand and Carlsten fortress which took place between July 10 and July 16, 1719 during the end of the Great Nort…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The list of shipwrecks in 1804 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1804.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The list of shipwrecks in March 1867 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1867.
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“Rescuers had been preparing to try and coax it into moving off”
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“It was unclear in which direction the whale was swimming”
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“Greenpeace said it was heading toward Wismar harbor”
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“The whale had only moved around 1 or 1.5 meters in the previous 24 hours”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 24 may refer to: 24 (number), the natural number following 23 and preceding 25 one of the years 24 BC, AD 24, 1924, 2024
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — France 24 (France vingt-quatre in French) is a French state-owned publicly funded international news television network based in Paris. Its channels, broadcast in French, English, Arabic and Spanish, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — March 24 is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 282 days remain until the end of the year.
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“The whale was less responsive than on previous days when rescuers tried to gauge its reactions to stimuli”
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“The whale was breathing roughly once every four minutes”
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“The whale's skin was showing signs of secondary infections”
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“If the whale had a clear chance to escape but failed, euthanization could be considered”
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“The whale was initially stranded on a sandbank off a beach in Timmendorf early last week”
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“It was able to free itself and start moving north after dredging efforts”
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“The whale became stranded again off Wismar Bay after swimming east”
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“Marine biologist Robert Marc Lehmann was critical of rescue efforts and requested wading out to the whale”
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“State Environment Minister Backhaus stated he was in contact with Lehmann”
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“It's considered likely the whale first lost its way and entered the Baltic Sea in early March”
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