A whale named Moon was caught swimming thousands of miles despite being severely injured so it could not move naturally. Moon the whale made the 5000 km migration from British Columbia to Hawaii with a broken spine. Drone images of the Moon have also emerged.
The whale was injured near the tail. The physical change caused by this can be seen from the outside. The researchers concluded that the boat crash may have caused Moon’s spinal injury. Researchers were concerned about the moon’s health when it was noted to be migrating. But yesterday the whale completed its migration, ending all worries. Moon is one of the whales that researchers have been observing for more than a decade.
Researchers say that even if the whale swam all the way to Hawaii, it can’t travel from here to anywhere else. On Sept. 7, researchers at the Finn Island Research Station discovered that the Moon was swimming with an “S”-shaped spine due to a fracture. Subsequently, the whale was observed using a drone. The whale must have completed the migration in great pain. The whale has suffered a lot because it cannot swim with its tail naturally. But the exact size of the Moon has yet to be determined. Female humpback whales typically grow up to 49 feet long. The weight will be around 35 tons. Again Moon swam along the same route it had regularly migrated for the past 10 years.
But researchers insist the whale will never be healthy enough to travel that far again. Euthanasia was also thought to save the whale, which was in great pain. But there is concern that if the whale is killed by injecting venom in this way, it will be harmful to the marine life that eats its meat. Janie Rae, CEO of British Columbia Wales, says it’s heartbreaking to see the whale’s plight and not take action.
An estimated 20,000 whales lose their lives each year in ship collisions. Janie Ray explained that the only way to do this is to identify areas where there are many whales in the ocean and try to control the speed of ships there, just like the law requiring vehicles to slow down in areas where there are no are are the schools.
Summary in English: Moon, the humpback whale, completes a 5,000 km journey, with a broken back
