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Live Cuvier’s Beaked Whale Washes Ashore in Iceland

From Morgunblaðið · () Icelandic

Translated from Icelandic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A live Cuvier’s beaked whale washed ashore at Brandsvík near Djúpivogur.
  • Police and the East Iceland Natural History Institute are handling the incident with others.
  • Police said such strandings are not uncommon in the fjords and hoped the whale could be returned to the sea.

A live Cuvier’s beaked whale washed ashore at Brandsvík near Djúpivogur in Iceland.

Police and the East Iceland Natural History Institute are working on the case with others after receiving a report shortly before 11 a.m.

Police chief superintendent Þórhallur Árnason said such whale strandings were not uncommon in the fjords. "There is nothing unusual about seeing whale strandings like this in the fjords, and we simply hope it will be possible to get it back out to sea," he told mbl.is.

There is nothing unusual about seeing whale strandings like this in the fjords, and we simply hope it will be possible to get it back out to sea.

— Þórhallur ÁrnasonThe police official described the response to the live whale’s stranding.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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