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A humpback whale that swam into the Thames was hit by a ship, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has said. However, it is not clear whether the wound on the juvenile female was inflicted before or after its death. A humpback whale that died after swimming into the Thames was hit by a ship, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has said.
The British Divers Marine Life Rescue, which has been helping marine animals in distress around the UK for more than 30 years, said it found the dead whale just after 5pm on Tuesday in the Greenhithe area in Kent. However, it is not clear whether the wound on the juvenile female was inflicted before or after its death.
Rob Deaville, ZSL’s cetacean strandings investigation programme (CSIP) project manager, said ZSL experts were working with the Port of London Authority to carry out a postmortem on the whale. British Divers Marine Life Rescue, which helps marine animals in distress around the UK, said it had found the dead whale just after 5pm on Tuesday in the Greenhithe area of Kent.
He said: “From initial examinations ZSL can confirm the humpback whale is a juvenile female and has a large wound indicative of a ship strike, but it is currently unknown whether this was inflicted before or after the whale‘s death. Rob Deaville, ZSL’s cetacean strandings investigation programme project manager, said ZSL experts were working with the Port of London Authority to carry out a postmortem on the whale.
“ZSL’s CSIP team will be carrying out the postmortem this evening to learn more about the reasons for the whale‘s death and why it entered the Thames.” “From initial examinations, ZSL can confirm the humpback whale is a juvenile female and has a large wound indicative of a ship strike, but it is currently unknown whether this was inflicted before or after the whale’s death,” he said.
Humpback whales are rarely stranded around the UK coast, with just one or two recorded on average each year. However, this is the fifth humpback to be recorded stranded in the UK so far this year. “ZSL’s CSIP team will be carrying out the postmortem this evening to learn more about the reasons for the whale’s death and why it entered the Thames.”
Humpback whales are rarely stranded around the UK coast, with just one or two incidents recorded on average each year. However, this is the fifth humpback to be recorded stranded in the UK so far this year.
Two other humpback whales recorded in the Thames and wider Thames estuary region, in 2009 and 2013, both died.Two other humpback whales recorded in the Thames and wider Thames estuary region, in 2009 and 2013, both died.
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