Inaugurated on 10 November and remained open for visits for a few days, the National Park reopens from today 8 December, at the Cea di Caprera, the exhibition space that contains the skeleton of the sperm whale, 8 meters long, weighing 201 kg (only the head weighs 69), which was found beached in 2019 in Cala Romantica (Arzachena).
" We managed to restore dignity to a marine being who probably died from ingesting 22 kg of plastic with a 2-metre fetus in her lap, " said the park director, Giulio Plastina. It was recovered thanks to an agreement with the Park - University of Padua - Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Nutrition.
It is the only sperm whale skeleton present in Sardinia, and in all of Italy there are only a dozen. It was not possible to recover the puppy, which was never born as it was not yet sufficiently formed as a skeleton.
Sperm whales live at no less than 7/800 meters and in those depths they feed mainly on squid and similar. This dramatically lets us assume how much plastic can be deposited in the deep sea.
The free guided tours carried out by the Isule Cooperative take place according to the following calendar: 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 31 December 2022 every days from 8 to 13. And then again 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 January 2023 every day from 8 to 13.
Today Thursday 8 December, as for every Friday and Saturday, in addition to the morning, it is also open in the afternoon from 14.30 to 17.30. For reservations and information, contact the Isule Cooperative between 3 and 5 pm.