The mystery that defeats scientists: they found a dead whale in the Amazon

The discovery of a whale dead near the Amazon River generates mystery among scientists in Brazil. The animal was found last Friday 15 meters from the beach from Araruna, in the state of Pará, and try to establish how he got there.

The discovery was disseminated by researchers at the Bicho d'Agua Institute, who explained that it was a year No injuries visible. The animal measures 8.4 meters long and 6 meters wide.

The body of the humpback whale (also called "yubarta") will undergo an autopsy to determine how his death occurred. From this data, they will try to find out how the animal has arrived Until then, then far from the sea, its natural habitat.

"The whale was stranded on the beach and was washed away by the tide in the bushes," said Dirlene Silva, Sour's environment secretary, on the portal. UOL as the first hypothesis. In addition, they explained that this had been found through the theft of birds that surrounded it.

For the oceanographer Maura Elisabeth Moraes de Souza, it was the first time that the whale, as a puppy, was going to emigrate alone and had not succeeded: tide "and has not managed to return."

The humpback whale is one of the most recognized whales because of the hump of the dorsal fin. Those who live in the coldest regions can weigh up to 50 tons, while those in the tropics weigh about 30 tons. They also have large fins that are compared to the wings because they jump out of the water.