An operation was launched to save four killer whales stranded in an estuary near the village of Ustyevoye in Sobolevsky district in Kamchatka. As reported TASS The region’s Minister of Emergency Situations, Sergei Lebedev, said that the mammals were watered manually.
“The only way to help the animals is to water them manually. The equipment cannot get there, but everyone joins the rescue teams, GIMS workers, volunteers and even police officers. We are waiting for the water to come, although today the tide level is 10 cm lower than yesterday,” he said. Bolshaya Vorovskaya River’ He added that an increase in water is foreseen in the estuary and this will perhaps affect the water level in the estuary.
HE addedDespite previous information that all killer whales are alive. Due to the heavy weight of the animals, it is not possible to drag them into the sea by hand.
Killer whales belong to the cetacean family of dolphins and the order toothed whales. The genus is represented by a single species. Killer whales are considered the largest representatives of their family and are the only true predators of warm-blooded animals among modern cetaceans.
The killer whale is distributed in almost all oceans of the world, found both nearshore and in open waters, but mainly sticks to the coastline of 800 km. This range does not include the Black, Azov, East Siberian and Laptev Seas. It is less common in tropical regions than in cold and temperate waters. In Russia – usually near the Kuril ridge, the Commander Islands and Kamchatka in general – they are found mostly in the Avacha Bay near Cape Zeleny.
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Source: Gazeta
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