Rushing for Air, Here’s What Trapped the Orca Pod in Ice in Japan
For a short minute in February, the world jointly held its breath upon finding the predicament of a whale pod caught in sea ice. The frenzied scene unfolded near the town of Rausu, off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan's northern most prefecture.According to Japanese media company NHK, a regional angler very first gotten in touch with the town's Coast Guard station on the early morning of Feb. 6, 2024 to report a whale stuck in between sheets of ice. Video footage from later on that afternoon exposed more whales-- about a lots-- caught in the ice.It appeared that absolutely nothing might be done to conserve them, as it was difficult to send out any aid through the ice-laden water without the threat of additional limiting the whale. The only hope was to await the ice to separate.Anybody who has ...