Overview

• A decomposed ten-meter male humpback whale was discovered on May 10, south of the pier at Sankt Peter-Ording beach in Germany.
• The whale's carcass was recovered by a specialist team and transported to the Jagel animal by-product disposal facility for further handling.
• The University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover will conduct a detailed examination of the remains to determine the whale's condition and potential cause of death.
• This is the second humpback whale stranding reported this year in the German North Sea region, following the February stranding of an undernourished juvenile near Minsener Oog.
• Humpback whales typically inhabit the North Atlantic but occasionally appear in the North Sea, raising ongoing questions about their migration patterns and environmental stressors.