Overview
- The District of Canoas de Punta Sal carried out a controlled burial with heavy machinery on the beach to prevent environmental contamination.
- The female measured about 23.5 meters and roughly 25 tons, in what experts say is only the third blue whale stranding on Peru’s coast in the past decade.
- Specialists at the scene reported a five-meter laceration suggestive of a vessel strike, while IMARPE’s preliminary view noted no collision signs and suggested a possible natural pathology.
- An international team led by Dr. Carlos Yaipen-Llanos of ONG ORCA, alongside Peruvian researchers, collected tissue, blood and biometric samples for laboratory analysis.
- The mayor announced a plan for a marine interpretation center that could eventually display the skeleton after natural decomposition as part of education and conservation efforts.