Whale spotted off Polish coast after sightings in Germany

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2026-08-09

Warsaw (dpa) - A whale has been spotted off the Polish coast after several sightings in neighbouring Germany. "It was a whale, but we cannot say what species it was or whether it is the same individual that was sighted in Germany," a spokesman for the environmental organization WWF Poland told dpa on Sunday. The marine mammal, several metres long, was spotted on Saturday afternoon near the beach off the resort of Mi?dzyzdroje, according to the PA......

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