Denmark Plans Removal of 20-30m Humpback Carcass as Gas Build-Up Raises Health, Explosion Fears
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Updated · BBC.com · May 20
Denmark Plans Removal of 20-30m Humpback Carcass as Gas Build-Up Raises Health, Explosion Fears
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 20
Danish environment officials plan to remove a 20-30m humpback whale carcass drifting 20-30 meters off Anholt’s beach, but have not given a timeline for when or how the operation will happen.
The agency told islanders to stay away because of infection risks, while decomposition gases have swollen the carcass and fueled local fears that it could explode.
Officials also plan a post-mortem and scientific sampling on the whale, which was released into the North Sea after a failed private rescue from Germany’s Baltic coast.
A GPS tracker found on the carcass confirmed it was the same whale that had stranded near Timmendorfer Beach, a saga that has drawn German tourists to the Danish island.
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