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2019-02-25 | Humpback Whale Washes Ashore in Amazon River, Baffling Scientists in Brazil - The New York Times

'Members of the conservation group Bicho D’Água found the whale after following vultures that were circling a mangrove on the island in the Amazon, Marajó Island, the group said. '

'Marine biologists in Brazil were stunned to discover a young humpback whale on Friday that had washed ashore on a remote, forested island in the Amazon River, at a time of the year when it should have already migrated thousands of miles to Antarctica. '

'About 50 feet from the shore, scientists spotted the lifeless humpback — about 26 feet long — lodged in thick shrubs and brush. '

'It had been dead for at least several days, government officials in Pará, a state in northern Brazil, told local news outlets. '

'While tens of thousands of humpback whales are estimated to live in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, nearly all of them have migrated south by this time of year, the summer in the Southern Hemisphere, to feed near Antarctica. '


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