Whale sighted within the Seine – Muricas News

A month after a stray orca died within the Seine River in France, one other massive whale has been sighted within the river’s estuary close to Le Havre.

The ten-meter-long animal, which was seen by a number of ship crews on Thursday, may very well be a fin whale, the prefecture in Rouen stated.

The looks of a few of these whales on the coast isn't uncommon, the animals are additionally capable of feed themselves there, it stated. The sighted whale makes a wholesome impression.

The prefecture convened a group of specialists to keep watch over the scenario. Ships had been instructed to maintain a distance of 100 meters from the marine mammals if doable.

The orca that died in the identical space of ​​the Seine on the finish of Could had been affected by an sickness. Not like the fin whale, it was additionally in uncommon waters for it. Makes an attempt to information the orca in direction of the ocean utilizing whale sounds had beforehand failed. (dpa)