A 65-foot sᴘᴇʀᴍ whale that had been washed up on a beach in Cʜɪɴᴀ was eventually dragged back into the water after a 20-hour rescue operation. A group of fishermen that encountered a massive sᴘᴇʀᴍ whale will never forget this day!
A large sᴘᴇʀᴍ whale was recently left stranded in Ningbo City, south of Shanghai. It was believed that it would die from dehydration if it wasn’t put back into the water soon enough.
Even though they breathe oxygen just like animals on land do, whales require water to keep from getting too hot. If the high tide covers the blowhole of a beached whale, they run the ʀɪsᴋ of drowning or collapsing under their own weight.
Fireғɪɢʜᴛers sent out a rescue team, who created a seawater trench pool and poured water on the whale’s 20-meter body to keep it alive. The whale, which weighed an estimated 10 tons, was moved with the assistance of volunteers.
The team tied the whale up with guidelines and hauled it to shallow seas. At about 10 o’clock, when the tide was at its highest, a tugboat was launched to assist in moving the whale further out into the ocean.
After the rescue team broke the hauling line at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the whale was released in deep waters.
