Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants | Whales
For weeks now, a humpback whale has been making an attempt to die. Entangled in ropes, it had wandered into the shallow Baltic Sea. Unable to feed, it is now topic to excessive dehydration, since whales fulfill their thirst by way of the fish they eat. In such a parlous state of affairs, the whale’s…