Irish Whale and Dolphin Group say a humpback whale has never been spotted before in an Irish river
Ships in the Shannon Estuary have been asked to reduce their speed to avoid hitting a humpback whale, which has been spotted in an Irish river for the first time.
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group said the appearance of a humpback whale in the estuary is “unprecedented” and the whale is likely to remain there for at least a month before undertaking a 4,000km migration to breed off west Africa.I cringed at Paul Mescal’s Brit-bashing “Ship-strikes, or when large vessels hit whales, is quite a problem in some parts of the world. We have seen big ships coming into ports like Rotterdam with whales actually on the bows of the ships after being hit in open ocean,” said Simon Berrow of the IWDG.
The IWDG is using drones to track the whale. The group has records of dozens of humpback whales that have appeared in Irish waters and can be identified by markings and blemishes on their skin.
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