One of the adults was lying on its side, so the rescuer dug a hole under the animal and turned it over into the correct position. The rescuer covered the cub with a cloth so that he would not suffer from hypothermia.
In the Khabarovsk Territory, Russian Emergencies Ministry employee Alexei Paramonov rescued two adult belugas and a calf during high tide, according to the website of the Russian Emergencies Ministry's Main Directorate for the region.
“I received a call from a resident of the village of Chumikan at 16:30 on October 14. She reported that several belugas were on the spit at the mouth of the Uda River after high tide. Since I was on patrol at that time, I was able to quickly arrive at the scene of the incident to clarify the situation, "the press service of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation quotes Alexei as saying.
It is reported that in that area the Sea of Okhotsk extends for more than several kilometers, exposing the bottom.
“On the sharp stones lay mammals - two adults and a baby - were extremely helpless. Their skin was rapidly drying up, and they could not repel predators. The female fought and cut herself against the cobblestones, trying to crawl up to the baby,”shared Alexey Paramonov.
One of the adults was lying on its side, so the rescuer dug a hole under the animal and turned it over into the correct position. Alexey covered the cub with a cloth so that he would not suffer from hypothermia. Periodically, the rescuer had to drive away stray dogs from the mammals. At about midnight, at high tide, the animals safely went to sea on their own.
As it turned out, a year ago Alexey Paramonov had already helped marine mammals in a similar situation.