(22 Jul 2025)
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 21 July 2025
1. Cleaners removing sand from around carcass of a dead humpback whale
2. Vanilda Oliveira taking photos to the carcass
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Vanilda Oliveira, beachgoer:
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"I felt a lot of sadness because I would like to see a live whale. To see a dead baby whale, which must have gotten lost from its family and ended up here in São Conrado."
4. Beachgoers around the carcass
5. Carcass being pulled
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6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Yasmin Daoualibi, veterinary doctor at the Aquatic Mammal Laboratory, Rio de Janeiro State University:
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"This animal is a cetacean, a humpback whale. We are in the migration season and they migrate from around mid-May to October, approximately, and a juvenile male was washed ashore here dead."
7. Various of Yasmin Daoualibi and other veterinarians examining the carcass
8. Crowd watching as a crane lifts a dead humpback whale on a beach at night
STORYLINE:
A humpback whale was found dead on the shore of Rio de Janeiro in the early afternoon on Monday, drawing attention from beachgoers and prompting a response from local authorities.
The carcass was first spotted drifting close to Rio’s west area beaches in the morning and reached São Conrado in the afternoon, carried by ocean currents.
Humpback whales are typically seen along the coast of Rio de Janeiro between June and November, with peak sightings usually from July to September.
Around 25,000 humpback whales make a 2,500-mile (4,000-kilometer) journey from feeding areas in Antarctica to northeast Brazil.
Most concentrate in the Abrolhos region, an area of coral reefs off the coast of Bahia and Espirito Santo states known for featuring the greatest marine biodiversity in the South Atlantic.
AP Video by Diarlei Rodrigues
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