On November 7, a whale almost 8 meters long was thrown out of the Pa-de-Kale department in the north of France. This was reported by Agency France-Presse.
According to experts, this is a corassed whale, usually inhabited in the waters of the Arctic. According to the head of the Teriological Association of the North of France, Jacques Karpuzopoulos, a wounded female of Keith, who got lost in unfamiliar waters, was released from the sea. “This species lives mainly in the Arctic zones. For 40 years of work, I have not yet met this species off our shores,” he said.
According to local media, with the onset of a tide, the animal took to the sea. The whale follows the boat on which there are experts leading observation.
In recent years, French oceanologists have recorded a record number of whaling, found on the beaches of the north and west of France. According to experts, almost 2 thousand whales were thrown to the French coast in 2020. Most of them died.