""He was really stressed out and he was not happy about having boats around," Biertümpfel told me, of the whale. "We could just direct him out of the harbor, and then he got out, completely, to the open sea.""
""You can tell he's afraid," he told reporters on the beach. "He doesn't feel well, and he is in a truly shitty position.""
A young male humpback whale, entangled in fishing nets, was spotted in the Baltic Sea near Wismar, Germany. Rescuers, including firefighters and nonprofit divers, attempted to free the whale. After being directed to open sea, the whale later stranded on a sandbank. Firefighters and veterinarians assessed the situation, while various methods, including using boats and excavators, were employed to dislodge the whale. Celebrity biologist Robert Marc Lehmann noted the whale's distress during the rescue efforts.
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