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Wed, February 8, 2023 | 22:48
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Dead whale washes up on Israeli shore after storm
긴수염고래 사체, 이스라엘 해변으로 떠밀려와
Posted : 2021-02-21 23:37
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People stand near the body of a dead whale after it washed ashore from the Mediterranean near Nitzanim, Israel, Feb. 19, 2021. Reuters
People stand near the body of a dead whale after it washed ashore from the Mediterranean near Nitzanim, Israel, Feb. 19, 2021. Reuters

The carcass of an almost 17-metre fin whale has washed up on a southern Israeli shore, an AFP photographer said Friday, in the aftermath of a storm that caused massive tar pollution.

거대한 타르 오염을 일으킨 폭풍의 여파로 길이가 약 17m인 긴수염고래의 사체가 이스라엘 남부 해안으로 떠밀려 왔다고 AFP통신 소속 사진기자가 금요일 밝혔다.


The rare appearance of the dead whale, of the second-biggest mammal species in the world after the Blue Whale, was initially thought to have been connected to the tar pollution.

흰긴수염고래 다음으로 세계에서 두 번째로 큰 포유류인 긴수염고래 사체의 흔치 않은 출현은 처음에는 타르 오염과 관련이 있는 것으로 여겨졌다.


The tar, itself apparently released by a ship unloading oil or by old tar lifted by the storm from the seabed, killed many marine creatures.

석유를 하역하는 배나 해저에서 폭풍에 의해 들어 올려진 오래된 타르에 의해 방출된 것으로 보이는 이 타르는 많은 해양 생물들을 죽였다.


That had sparked theories that the 16.9-metre (55-foot) male fin whale, weighing an estimated 25 tonnes, had also fallen victim to poisoning.

이로 인해 몸무게가 25톤으로 추정되는 16.9m의 수컷 긴수염고래도 타르 중독의 희생양이 되었다는 설이 제기되었다.


But Israel's Nature and Parks Authority said Friday that experts had determined that the decayed state of the whale, discovered on Thursday at the southern Nitzanim beach near Ashkelon, meant it had died some two weeks ago.

그러나 이스라엘 자연공원관리국은 지난 목요일 아슈켈론 인근 니트자님 해변에서 발견된 고래 사체의 부패 상태가 약 2주 전에 죽은 것으로 보인다는 전문가들의 의견을 공개했다.


"The whale's arrival cannot be linked to the tar pollution," the authority said in a statement.

"해변의 고래 사체는 타르 오염과 연관될 수 없다"고 이스라엘 당국은 성명을 통해 밝혔다.


The environmental protection ministry vowed to locate the source of the pollution, saying it was on a rare scale and that the cleanup was set to be "long and difficult".

환경부는 오염의 근원을 찾겠다고 공언하면서, 타르 오염은 드문 규모이며 대청소가 "길고 어려운 과정"이라고 말했다.


Volunteers from a network of NGOs began cleaning up the beaches along with the ministry, which allocated emergency funds to the relevant municipalities to expedite the manual cleaning. (AFP)

비정부기구(NGO) 네트워크 소속 자원봉사자들이 환경부와 함께 해변을 청소하기 시작했는데, 환경부는 청소를 신속하게 하기 위해 관련 자치단체에 긴급 자금을 배정했다.

People stand near the body of a dead whale after it washed ashore from the Mediterranean near Nitzanim, Israel, Feb. 19, 2021. Reuters
People stand around a dead 17-meter-long fin whale washed ashore on the Nitzanim Shoreline at the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Ashkelon, Israel, Feb. 19, 2021. EPA
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