Here lowers the whale with 200 machine gun shots – Fædrelandsvennen

Here lowers the whale with 200 machine gun shots – Fædrelandsvennen

BERGEN : – We conducted a naval exercise and solved 200 shots with machine guns. Then sank hvalkadaveret shortly, says Leif Lilleng, Commanding Officer of “KV Bergen» Bergens Tidende.

The whale was lowered around 14.30 on Sunday after being towed 25 nautical mil offshore west of Oeygarden.

“KV Bergen» went on hvalkadaveret for nearly a day. During the trip at sea decreased whale in scope and begun to assume more normal proportions.

Saturday evening took Coastguard mission to eliminate the inflated hvalkadaveret, which was discovered in the archipelago Turøy in the municipality of Fjell Friday.

Saturday morning whale towed a few miles at sea Rescue Company. Then lay rescuers skate “Kristian Gerhard Jebsen” stand by with a rope in hvalbeistet and waited for the Coastguard.

The clock 18.30 went “KV Bergen” from Haakonsvern.

Waves and seabirds

During the night was the whale dragged even further out. The clock 14 Sunday found tow up 25 nautical mil west of Oeygarden and 20 nautical mil southeast of Troll.

– How are you rid the gas, you have pierced the carcass?

– No, it’s probably just nature doing its. Out here it’s a bit milder and more waves. The whale rocking in the waves. Besides, we have been joined by a number of seabirds, which perhaps makes his, says deputy Torgeir Standal.

The Coast Guard has regularly commissioned to remove such whale carcasses, says deputy commander of “KV Bergen.” Especially in those parts of northern Norway, where the Norwegian Trench goes close to the shore, crashes regularly dead whales in the pebbles. Sometimes kadaverne lowered with sandbags, but usually do Coastguard now: towing beast far at sea and release it.

Humpback or fin whales?

The whale which landed in the archipelago Turøy is probably a humpback whale or fin whale. So long as the animal was so hugely inflated, it was difficult to determine the nature surely, said professionals BT spoke to Saturday.

The fin whale is the second largest whale species and around 20 meters long. An adult fin whale over 45,000 kilograms.

Humpbacks are known for their spectacular jumps, characteristic flippers and its complex whale song. Humpbacks, which is found in all oceans, is less than the fin whale. The 12-15 meters long and “only” 25 to 30,000 pounds.