ICG rescues 47-feet long Blue Whale in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri

India Coast Guard in a coordinated operation with forest department, JSW Jaigarh Port, State administration rescued a Blue Whale from Ganpati Phule beach in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra's Konkan coast.

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The team successfully put back the Blue Whale into the deep waters at midnight of 14 Nov

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It is India's only instance of a successful blue whale beach rescue. It was pulled gently two nautical miles into the deep sea while strapped, and it swam away with great force during high tide.

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Environmentalists call this incident "the first-ever in India".

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Whales move in a group called a pod. Experts said the reasons for the Blue Whale drifting away from the pod and being beached could vary.

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According to the experts, beaching of whales was a global phenomenon and such incidents were only increasing

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According to marine scientists, one of the possible causes of the rise in whale stranding incidents could be the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems.

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