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Whale found dead in the St. Lawrence near Montreal

2020-06-11T00:17:38.124Z


The carcass of a humpback whale, probably the one whose jumps had attracted hundreds of curious people in Montreal in recent days, was found dead and recovered in the St. Lawrence River on Tuesday, an AFP journalist found on square. The cetacean's corpse had been seen Tuesday morning by the pilot of a boat, a few tens of kilometers east of the Quebec metropolis, near the town of Varennes. "Early ...


The carcass of a humpback whale, probably the one whose jumps had attracted hundreds of curious people in Montreal in recent days, was found dead and recovered in the St. Lawrence River on Tuesday, an AFP journalist found on square. The cetacean's corpse had been seen Tuesday morning by the pilot of a boat, a few tens of kilometers east of the Quebec metropolis, near the town of Varennes.

"Early this morning, a commercial ship pilot reported a whale carcass , " confirmed Marie-Eve Muller, spokesperson for the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Network (RQUMM). "It is very likely that it is the same whale seen in Montreal a few days ago." Drifting in the river, the whale was finally towed by a boat from the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans to Sorel, 80 km east of Montreal, from where it was slid on the shore using of a crane.

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A necropsy must be performed on site Wednesday morning by a team of veterinarians from the University of Montreal to determine the causes of his death, said the RQUMM. The whale, about 10 meters in length and whose age is estimated between two and three years, was seen in late May in the St. Lawrence River in front of the city of Montreal. Several hundred curious people came to observe its developments for several days in front of the Vieux-Port, near the Jacques-Cartier bridge.

The Quebec metropolis, in fresh water, is more than 400 kilometers from the cetacean's natural habitat and it is the first time in more than a hundred years that a whale of this size has been observed so high in the river, according to the specialists. According to the RQUMM, a humpback whale can measure between 13 and 17 meters and weigh up to 40 tonnes as an adult.

The pilot of the boat who discovered the carcass on Tuesday morning, Simon Lebrun, explained to Radio-Canada that he had not "seen any blood or deformation" , which would rule out the possibility of a collision with a ship. Experts hoped that the young whale, which had not been seen since Sunday, finds alone "the way back to his family," said Marie-Eve Muller.

Source: lefigaro

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