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Summary A whale that beached itself in Manzanillo on Mexico's Pacific Coast has been guided back into the ocean.
The 30-foot-long and six tonne whale was found beached by a fisherman on the beach. A 100-person animal rescue team from Mexicos Navy including veterinarians and a curator, responded and found that the whale was in good condition but that it had injured its right flipper from lying on it for so many hours. The navy gave the whale, which had also suffered scrapes and scratches from rocks at the shoreline, steroid and antibiotic injections and guided it back to sea.It wasnt clear why the whale had beached itself, although it might have done so after getting lost or separated from its mother or school of whales.
