Regarding the whale that appeared near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka Bay and then died, Osaka City and others began work on the morning of the 18th to carry it off the Kii Channel and sink it.
The dead whale was swept away by the wind and waves, and had run aground on shallow water near the riverbank. In the work that began around 8:00 a.m. on the 18th, divers first wrapped a net around the whale's body and prepared to move it. Did.
After that, we pulled the whale by boat and headed for the wharf in Osaka Bay, where the next work was to be done.
There is also an academic survey to confirm the state of piercing the body and removing gas
The dead whales are decomposing and gas is accumulated, so an expert will be present at the quay, and an academic survey will be conducted to confirm the condition, along with making a hole in the body and removing the gas.
Many people gathered on the river bank and took pictures of whales and divers working.
A boy in the third grade of elementary school who came to see the situation with his family on a day off from class said, "I feel sorry for the whale that has died, and I was surprised at how big it was. I thought the boat pulling it was amazing." was
After the whale has finished degassing and other work, it will be pulled by ship to the Kii Channel offshore on the 19th, and will be sunk with a weight attached.