🧵 15/15 Update 20.04.2026 (8 pm)
When I opened the livestream this morning and the whale was swimming ❤️ I had the impression it was playing with the boats ‘You try to block me, well I dive underneath you. I go north.’

The #humpback was very fast swimming (9-13 kmh) and up to 8 boats and jet sky tried to guide him south.

Now it is floating near the entrance to Kirchsee and everybody hopes that ‘Hope‘ will take the exit into Wismar Bay tonight.

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#humpbackwhale

Humpback is swimming. (Screenshot 7:53 am, 20.04.2026)
He seems to insist going north. But has to go south first to not get stuck again.

Rescue was canceled yesterday because of very high tide. Today it is stormy and still high tide. That's the reason why he could swim free.

#humpbackwhale #humpbackwhale

IWC Strandings Expert Panel: Statement on Humpback Whale, Baltic Sea, Germany

Multimillionaires band together in effort to save beached whale in Germany

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11806063/whale-stranded-germany-rescue-mission-millionaires/

Multimillionaires band together in effort to save beached whale in Germany
Since his first sighting, the whale has been trapped several times and freed with human assistance, but has become stranded again and is now fighting for his life.
#Trending #World #beachedwhale #HumpbackWhale
https://globalnews.ca/news/11806063/whale-stranded-germany-rescue-mission-millionaires/
Multimillionaires band together in effort to save beached whale in Germany
Since his first sighting, the whale has been trapped several times and freed with human assistance, but has become stranded again and is now fighting for his life.
#Trending #World #beachedwhale #HumpbackWhale
https://globalnews.ca/news/11806063/whale-stranded-germany-rescue-mission-millionaires/

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/liveticker-zum-buckewal-backhaus-gibt-gruenes-licht-fuer-rettungsversuch,liveticker-428.html
Because his skin suffering greatly from the low-salinity water of the Baltic Sea, he couldn't be lifted. Instead, now air cushion – similar to patients with pressure sores. No heavy, painful pressure. #hope

#innovative #aircushion

#humpbackwhale #balticsea #animalrescue

Liveticker zum Buckelwal: Rettung mit Luftkissen geplant

Wende im Fall des Buckelwals vor der Insel Poel: Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns Umweltminister Till Backhaus (SPD) gibt sein Okay für einen Rettungsversuch. Das wurde auf einer Pressekonferenz am Mittwochnachmittag bekannt.

ndr.de
Photo by Alvaro Herrero (Mekan)

Radiant Bond. Winner, Wide Angle, and Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025. "A mother humpback whale accompanies her calf to the surface for its first breath early in the morning. The youngster is releasing a few bubbles as it rises, perhaps because it is still learning to control its breathing, or it is simply experimenting with its own body."

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/02/winners-2025-underwater-photographer-year-contest/681741/
#photography #fotografie #underwater #underwaterphotography #animal #mother #motherandbabies #motherhood #humpbackwhale #whale #baleine #ocean