Original upload date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 07 Dec 2021 04:18:43 GMT
Walvis Bay, Namibia (14.2.2013)
Very few people have ever seen a pygmy right whale. This kind of whale belongs to the smallest whale and can reaches about 6 meters in length and 3'500 kg and lives onl
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y in the southern hemisphere. This one was a young female of about 4 meters and 500 kg.
Many people were involved in this rescue. Thanks to Antonie Potgieter and colleague at the saltworks, who stood by until the rest of the rescue-team like Naude Dreyer & Nico Robberts, three tourists (Lionel Husser, Peter Poller and Marc Vogt) from France, Namibia and Switzerland and the Namibian Dolphin Project-Team arrived and helped the poor fellow to bring back to the sea. We will never forget this unbeliveable moment in our life.
