The mystery that defeats Brazilian scientists: a whale died in the middle of the Amazon

It is tens of kilometers from its natural habitat. Scientists – and less villagers – understand what this whale is doing there, so far from the sea, his homeland. It is 8 meters long and four meters wide. And he appeared in the middle of the Amazon. In the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

The whale appeared last Friday about 15 meters from the river margin and since then, specialized staff has been trying to determine the largest mammal on Earth arrived there without showing any injuries. The animal was found after a large number of vultures flew around it.

Ten biologists from NGO Bicho D'Água they came to the place-located in the Island of Marajó, in the state of Bethlehem– and were surprised to find such an aquatic specimen in the middle of the jungle.

Its specialists badume that the whale entered by the mouth of the Amazon and as the cause of a big tide was caught in the middle of the jungle when the water came down. Normally, whales only appear in the river basin during the months of July and August, when salt water enters the rivers.

It is estimated that the whale was about a year old and it is badumed that the animal lost its mother during a migration. They also think – the results are not yet known – that the mammal died as a result of the plastic injesta and that the water transported it to its final destination. Who surprised residents and strangers in the nature reserve in the middle of the jungle.