Overview

• The juvenile humpback whale carcass was discovered near kilometer 18 of the channel in Vicente López, prompting a response from the Prefectura Naval Argentina, Defensa Civil and local police.
• Authorities established a security perimeter and are coordinating heavy equipment to extract the whale from the Río de la Plata shoreline.
• Initial observations suggest the whale may have been weakened by illness before stranding, with environmental stressors also under consideration.
• Marine biologists and forensic teams have started a detailed necropsy and forensic analysis to confirm the cause of death.
• Witnesses reported seeing the whale near San Isidro days earlier, and researchers are comparing the stranding with a 2016 beaked whale incident at the same coast.