40 People Push Stranded Whale In Shizuoka Back Into Sea To No Avail

Video footage taken in Shizuoka shows firemen, coast guard members and local residents trying to push a beached whale back into the ocean on Sept. 18. The approximately six-meter-long whale died after five hours of rescue efforts by about 40 people. Hiroshi Ohizumi, a professor at Tokai University’s School of Marine Science and Technology, said the cetacean appeared to be a female adult of the Cuvier’s beaked whale variety. He said a male of the same species was found dead a day earlier at a nearby beach and that the whales were apparently pushed close to the coast by strong winds.
Video footage taken in Shizuoka shows firemen, coast guard members and local residents trying to push a beached whale back into the ocean on Sept. 18. The approximately six-meter-long whale died after five hours of rescue efforts by about 40 people. Hiroshi Ohizumi, a professor at Tokai University’s School of Marine Science and Technology, said the cetacean appeared to be a female adult of the Cuvier’s beaked whale variety. He said a male of the same species was found dead a day earlier at a nearby beach and that the whales were apparently pushed close to the coast by strong winds.
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
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1175647405
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
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18 September, 2019
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00:00:30:01
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Shizuoka, Japan
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
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20190918whale_1.mov