Inside the Race to Save This Humpback Whale
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Key Points:
- A rare 32-foot humpback whale, likely a young male, has been stranded in shallow waters near Timmendorfer Strand on Germany's northern coast since Monday.
- Conservation teams and local authorities are actively working to keep the whale alive and return it to deeper waters.
- Efforts so far include freeing the whale from fishing nets and using boats to create waves to keep its skin wet.
- Heavy machinery is now being used to dig a trench in the packed sand to facilitate the whale's movement back to deeper water.
