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The presence of this animal in the port of Cartagena is an exceptional situation, because the whales are usually found deep in the edge of the continental shelf, at depths usually between 1000 and 2000 m, where they feed on squid and fish .

According to available information, this is the first time that a specimen of this species enters the waters of the port of Cartagena.

Apparently, the whale could have entered the port on Saturday, as some people claim to have seen a dolphin in different parts of the basin during the day yesterday.

The Risso's (Grampus griseus) is one of the 7 species of cetaceans are often sighted off the coast of Murcia.

The work undertaken by ASEAN and the Spanish Cetacean Society in the last decade have found the more or less stable throughout the year from a small group of gray whales from about 20 animals on our shores, most of them are individually identified by the markings of their dorsal fins.

The adults can exceed 3.5 meters in length.

Although there have been wounds, ANSE biologists have observed that the animal appears very thin, and saying you can not stay in port longer, in an area with very shallow and far from the rest of the pack.

ASEAN has made various efforts throughout the evening to get media to try to make the dolphin leaves the dock of the Arsenal first military and then the port of Cartagena.

First thing Monday morning, the Association will move to the boat and a dinghy Else to watch the cauldron and make further attempts to leave the waters of the harbor.

The sailboat Else done during the month of October a campaign to monitor cetacean populations off the coast of Murcia, with the help of the Biodiversity Foundation and the program VOLCAM.

The aim of this project is to quantify and identify the population of pilot whales to our shores, but also to obtain information on other species of cetaceans, as with Risso, and seabirds.

ANSE would like to thank the staff of the Military-Dock Algameca for the facilities given to try to save the animal, having put a boat to guide the dolphin towards the open sea, which has not been possible so far.

Source: ANSE