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After the humpback was freed from a sandbank in Lübecker Bucht boats guided him north. That way the young male humpback escaped a fishing boat. Then he got stuck again on a sandbank (near Wismar) and was able to free himself with the rising sea level.

He stayed in shallow waters for 2 days with reduced movement and breathing. Yesterday night he swam again. First towards Wismar harbor, then back to sea.

'He is weekend but fighting' (Till Backhaus)

#humpback #whale #wildlife #ocean

@DoomsdaysCW yes we all hope for c), but it is unrealistic, isn't it? Look at how much buzz and hype a single stranded #humpback whale in the #BalticSea causes now. People care about it. Media outlets are reporting about it all the time. A whale is concrete and real, it can be touched, you can comprehend it. #ClimateCrisis, #ClimateChange and #LimitsToGrowth are abstract and seem to be far away.

If people would care the same about issues that really matter as they care about the humpback whale, then we would have a real chance to avoid collapse. But this is not how the world works. In the end people care more about helping a whale survive than about helping their own species survive. Because this would mean building a sustainable post-capitalist economy. Or at least thinking about it.