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  1. Experts probe whether dead whale off Denmark is Germany’s ‘Timmy’

    Copenhagen (dpa) -Experts were working on Friday to determine whether a dead whale found near the Danish island…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Danishauthorities #deadwhale #humpback #NorthSea #TillBackhaus #TimmendorferStrand #Timmy
    europesays.com/germany/14491/

  2. 'It's never wrong to do the right thing, and certainly better than doing nothing at all.'

    Day 41 ... She's alive, she is free!!! Thank you to all the rescuers and sponsors!!!

    #Timmy #humpback #Hope #Poel #Germany

  3. 'It's never wrong to do the right thing, and certainly better than doing nothing at all.'

    Day 41 ... She's alive, she is free!!! Thank you to all the rescuers and sponsors!!!

    #Timmy #humpback #Hope #Poel #Germany

  4. 'It's never wrong to do the right thing, and certainly better than doing nothing at all.'

    Day 41 ... She's alive, she is free!!! Thank you to all the rescuers and sponsors!!!

    #Timmy #humpback #Hope #Poel #Germany

  5. 'It's never wrong to do the right thing, and certainly better than doing nothing at all.'

    Day 41 ... She's alive, she is free!!! Thank you to all the rescuers and sponsors!!!

    #Timmy #humpback #Hope #Poel #Germany

  6. 'It's never wrong to do the right thing, and certainly better than doing nothing at all.'

    Day 41 ... She's alive, she is free!!! Thank you to all the rescuers and sponsors!!!

    #Timmy #humpback #Hope #Poel #Germany

  7. #Humpback #Timmy /#Hope will likely be released near Skagen/Grenen within the next 90 minutes. That's at the northernmost point of the Kattegat...

  8. Day 41; New chip, safety net removed, the barge is taking more water. The convoy is moving north again, towards the North Sea. If the weather calms down this evening, they'll continue towards Norway / Atlantic. Timmy's release is definitely getting closer ...

    #Hope #humpback #Timmy

  9. After 39 days in the Baltic Sea, humpback #Timmy [ #Hope ] is finally on his way home.
    Timmy's destination is the open Atlantic Ocean and hopefully a new life among a humpback family. Have a good trip ...

    #Poel #Wal #Whale #humpback #WhaleRescue

  10. After 39 days in the Baltic Sea, humpback #Timmy [ #Hope ] is finally on his way home.
    Timmy's destination is the open Atlantic Ocean and hopefully a new life among a humpback family. Have a good trip ...

    #Poel #Wal #Whale #humpback #WhaleRescue

  11. After 39 days in the Baltic Sea, humpback #Timmy [ #Hope ] is finally on his way home.
    Timmy's destination is the open Atlantic Ocean and hopefully a new life among a humpback family. Have a good trip ...

    #Poel #Wal #Whale #humpback #WhaleRescue

  12. After 39 days in the Baltic Sea, humpback #Timmy [ #Hope ] is finally on his way home.
    Timmy's destination is the open Atlantic Ocean and hopefully a new life among a humpback family. Have a good trip ...

    #Poel #Wal #Whale #humpback #WhaleRescue

  13. After 39 days in the Baltic Sea, humpback #Timmy [ #Hope ] is finally on his way home.
    Timmy's destination is the open Atlantic Ocean and hopefully a new life among a humpback family. Have a good trip ...

    #Poel #Wal #Whale #humpback #WhaleRescue

  14. LIVE: Timmy the humpback whale stranded off Germany’s Baltic Sea again

    Timmy the humpback whale stranded off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast is stuck on another sandbank after it managed to briefly set itself free yesterday. #Germany #BalticSea #Whale #Humpback #Wildlife #Conservation #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:

    fllics.com/en/video/live-timmy

  15. CW: 🧵 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.

    For more please read ALT

    #humpbackwhale

  16. CW: 🧵 13/13 To get the dimension of this rescue. A couple of pictures.

    ... still difficult for me to apprehend. 😳
    The humpback is as long as the high of a 4 story building …
    and … as heavy as 4 female grown up elephants.

    Curious detail. The DIXI-WC on the Ponton is partly produces of old fishing nets. 😃

    For more information please read ALT

    #humpback #whale #Balticsea

  17. CW: 🧵4/4 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

  18. @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.

  19. There is a lot of hype about the stranded #humpback whale in the #BalticSea. Of course we all want him to survive. Yet if people would care the same about issues that really matter, then we would have a real chance to avoid collapse. People understand #ClimateChange, but it seems to be abstract & distant. They may understand the problem of #LimitsToGrowth but it seems to be far away as well. In the end people care more about helping a whale survive than about helping their own species survive.

  20. Songs Of The #Humpback #Whale - by Dr. Roger Payne

    youtu.be/sjkxUA041nM

    Quote except: "The original “Songs of the Humpback Whale” by Dr. Roger Payne.
    If you are interested in how whale song research started, here is the audio recording from the pioneering research on whale songs by Dr. Roger Payne. I bought this album in 1972 after hearing it in a biology class. The Capitol album is titled: “Songs of the Humpback Whale”…"

    #nemoradio

  21. Female #humpback #whales in Oceania continue to show significant shifts in mate selection patterns 50 years after commercial whaling severely reduced their population size.
    #MarineBiology #BehavioralEcology #Epigenetics #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/03/mb03032601.

  22. Female #humpback #whales in Oceania continue to show significant shifts in mate selection patterns 50 years after commercial whaling severely reduced their population size.
    #MarineBiology #BehavioralEcology #Epigenetics #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/03/mb03032601.

  23. Female #humpback #whales in Oceania continue to show significant shifts in mate selection patterns 50 years after commercial whaling severely reduced their population size.
    #MarineBiology #BehavioralEcology #Epigenetics #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/03/mb03032601.

  24. Female #humpback #whales in Oceania continue to show significant shifts in mate selection patterns 50 years after commercial whaling severely reduced their population size.
    #MarineBiology #BehavioralEcology #Epigenetics #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/03/mb03032601.

  25. Female #humpback #whales in Oceania continue to show significant shifts in mate selection patterns 50 years after commercial whaling severely reduced their population size.
    #MarineBiology #BehavioralEcology #Epigenetics #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/03/mb03032601.

  26. Wildlife officials still searching for #humpback #whale #entangled in rope off the #Gippsland coast.

    The juvenile whale was first seen late Saturday heading slowly south about 250 metres off the coast of #CapeWellington.

    The animal was seen again on Sunday morning & was described as moving “very slowly”, appearing underweight.

    It’s likely to be the same whale seen earlier this month in #JervisBay, #NSW. Members of the public who see the animal are urged to call the hotline on 1300 136 017.

  27. Wildlife officials still searching for #humpback #whale #entangled in rope off the #Gippsland coast.

    The juvenile whale was first seen late Saturday heading slowly south about 250 metres off the coast of #CapeWellington.

    The animal was seen again on Sunday morning & was described as moving “very slowly”, appearing underweight.

    It’s likely to be the same whale seen earlier this month in #JervisBay, #NSW. Members of the public who see the animal are urged to call the hotline on 1300 136 017.