On April 1, in the vicinity of the village of Terney, in Malaya Bay, the corpse of a small whale was found. Ecologists believe that
After the examination, it turned out that thisa newborn male whale (body length was 4.7 m), presumably, the specific name of this whale is the northern swimmer. This is a rather rare and poorly studied species, which is included in the Red Book of Primorsky Krai.
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Found baby northern swimmer did not diedeath, and, obviously, got entangled in the equipment of industrial fishing gear. Three light furrows are clearly visible across his body - traces of a halyard or rope. There is a significant correlation between cetacean sightings and drift net fishing. Whales, killer whales, and dolphins are often found as bycatch.
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Whales and other marine life suffer fromthe impact of humans on marine ecosystems, the staff of the Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve note. They are threatened by: offshore hydrocarbon production, fishing, freight transport and pollution associated with coastal development.
Local residents found a whale, they reported him to the reserve. Thanks to this, samples taken for genetic analysis will help to learn more about the life of these little-studied animals.
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