A huge whale with a broken spine was filmed in Spain

In March, off the coast of Spain, they accidentally saw a fin whale (a type of whale), which moved with difficulty. As it turned out, the whale has a curved spine.

The captain of the ship noticed a whale off the east coast of Spain, which moved with difficulty. At first he thought the mammal was stuck in a fishing net. The man called veterinarians and biologists, who found that the whale had a severely curved spine. According to experts, scoliosis in whales is rare. Perhaps a powerful ship crashed into the whale.

Biologists who observed the whale saw that despite the damage to the spine, it can swim. Biologists wanted to attach a tracker to the whale to track its condition and movement trajectory, but could not do it. After a couple of hours, the whale left the coastline.

Apparently, the whale's injury (if it is an injury) has long since healed and he has adapted to live with it, ScienceAlert reports.