Humpback whale washes ashore in Amazon River, baffling scientists in Brazil

NEW YORK - Marine biologists in Brazil were stunned to discover a young humpback whale on Friday that had washed ashore on a remote, forested island in the Amazon River, at a time of year when it should have already migrated thousands of miles to Antarctica. Members of conservation group Bicho D'Agua found the whale after following vultures that were circling a mangrove on the island in the Amazon, Marajo Island, the group said.

The whale, while about half the length of a full-grown humpback, was too large and in too remote an area to be entirely removed. Dr Emin told G1 that the group hypothesised that the young whale got detached from its mother before it died. Humpbacks travel great distances every year, slowly migrating to and from the poles. Those in the Northern Hemisphere migrate this time of year to tropical waters before returning north in the summer.

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