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A gray whale lost in the Mediterranean seeks to return to its home, despite its thousands of miles from its natural habitat in the Pacific Ocean, biologists fear that it will not be able to survive.
Gray whales migrate along the western coast of the United States, but biologists believe that with global warming opening northern paths for these whales, the whale lost its way and swam to the Atlantic Ocean via the Arctic.
The age of the whale, which biologists called (Wally), is about two years old, and its length is eight meters, but its weight has decreased rapidly, which has raised concern for it because it does not find its usual source of food from invertebrates in the depths of the Pacific Ocean.
“We are very concerned about his future condition, as his fats, which are his fuel for his trip, have decreased dramatically,” said Eric Hansen, head of the State Agency for Biodiversity in southern France. He is exhausted and has become skin on a bone. We haven’t seen him eat anything since we started following him. ”
With a travel between 80 and 90 kilometers every day, the whale walks along the shores of southern France and is now approaching the Spanish coast, after entering the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar and walking across the coast of Morocco before reaching the shores of Italy.
“He is trying to enter the ports as if he is looking for an exit for him,” said Hansen.
And Hansen expected that such a phenomenon would recur repeatedly as a result of climate change, which also causes a change in the water currents in the ocean as a result of melting ice caps.