{"id":272195,"date":"2019-07-05T08:32:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T06:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=272195"},"modified":"2019-07-05T08:32:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T06:32:31","slug":"young-whale-dies-after-washing-ashore-near-swakopmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=272195","title":{"rendered":"Young whale dies after washing ashore near Swakopmund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_3\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n\r\n<div class=\"mom_images_grid mom_images_3_cols\">\r\n<ul class=\"galleryslider\"><li class=\"first\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/62534346_2328603283873285_1876247005739614208_o.jpg\" data-title=\"\" title=\"62534346_2328603283873285_1876247005739614208_o\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"62534346_2328603283873285_1876247005739614208_o\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/62534346_2328603283873285_1876247005739614208_o.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/65635832_2328603267206620_1160148036190470144_o.jpg\" data-title=\"\" title=\"65635832_2328603267206620_1160148036190470144_o\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"65635832_2328603267206620_1160148036190470144_o\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/65635832_2328603267206620_1160148036190470144_o.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\n<p>Ni\u00ebl Terblanch\u00e9<br \/>\nVOLUNTEERS of the Namibia Dolphin Project assisted by residents of Swakopmund managed to refloat a whale that washed ashore near Mile 8 on Wednesday but it died a short while later.<br \/>\nAccording to Jack Fearey, a volunteer at the dolphin project, the whale was identified a s a juvenile humpback.<br \/>\nHe indicated that the young whale had no visible wounds or injuries on its body to indicate that it was struck by a vessel in the open ocean that would have caused it to wash ashore.<br \/>\nThe only other plausible cause for the whale to come close in to shore is if it falls ill or if it gets injured by adult whales.<br \/>\nThe frequency of whales beaching is higher in the winter months especially in July as they start migrating north from the west coast of South Africa to their breeding grounds in the ocean off Gabon. 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