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Stranded Humpback Whale Struggles to Free Itself | Essentials

Stranded Humpback Whale Struggles to Free Itself

Humpback Mother and Calf
Humpback Mother and Calf by Rennett Stowe
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Rescuers say a humpback whale has stranded on a sandbank near the northern Dutch coast and is attempting to cost-free itself as the tide increases. Henriette de Waal, a spokeswoman for the Ecomare wildlife and nature center, says the whale was spotted early Wednesday stuck in a gully on a sandbank off the coastline of Den Helder, 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of Amsterdam. She says watercrafts from the Dutch coast guard and navy are at the scene however keeping their distance as the 12-meter (40-foot) pet, which is partially submerged, struggles to get into deeper water. It is unusual for humpback whales to strand off the Dutch coast, though De Waal says an increasing lot of the marine mammals have been spotted in the North Sea recently.

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