Large Sperm Whale Carcass Appears on Baku Coast, Azerbaijan
Realistic Model Created by Belgian Group in a Lake Without Whales
Exhibited for Climate Change Conference... Perfectly Reproduces Appearance and Smell
A model of a dead whale installed on the embankment in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo by Reuters/Yonhap News
Thousands gathered as the carcass of a giant sperm whale was washed ashore on the coast of the world's largest lake.
On the 13th, CNN in the United States reported that a huge, foul-smelling 16-meter-long sperm whale had been drifting ashore on the coast of the Caspian Sea, the world's largest lake, since the 11th.
The Caspian Sea, which is large enough to contain the Korean Peninsula with room to spare, is the world's largest inland lake, and sperm whales do not live there. Thousands flocked to the coast of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to see this enormous marine mammal.
However, this dead whale is not real. It is a highly realistic model created by Captain Boomer, a group of actors, sculptors, and scientists based in Belgium. The group carries out various projects to raise awareness about the destruction of Earth's ecology, including the climate crisis caused by humans.
The whale model was made using the frame of a real whale, and a bucket containing rotten fish was hidden nearby to make it appear even more realistic. The group brought the dead whale to coincide with the opening of the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29) on the 11th in Azerbaijan, which will determine the scale of funding for climate change response.
A model of a dead whale installed on the embankment in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo by Reuters - Yonhap News
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