Whale shark stranding points to silting of Indonesia’s Kendari Bay

Mongabay
Jan 13, 2021, 1:33 pm546 ptsHot
On the second day of 2021, a whale shark drifted into Kendari Bay, in eastern Indonesia, and became trapped when the tide quickly turned. After a 10-hour struggle in murky, shallow water, government officials and local residents managed to push the giant fish 5 kilometers (3 miles) up the inlet that feeds into…

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