Heartache! The 19 meter long whale died after grounding in Calais, France

Beijing, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) according to foreign media reports, on the 6th local time, a 19 meter long and 15 ton whale died after being washed ashore at the port of Calais, France

according to reports, a spokesman for the animal protection union said: “he was probably looking for a place. He was washed ashore there and injured on the stone embankment of the port. At first we thought he could be cured, but he died an hour later.”

it is reported that it is a rare phenomenon for fin whales to run aground in this area. The fin whale is the second largest whale in the world after the blue whale