A minke whale was discovered recently in the middle of Brazil, a thousand miles from the ocean. An epic story ensued…

On the 16th of November, an intrepid minke whale was found deep in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. The whale had swam up tributaries of the second longest river in the world, and had become beached in the state of Pará. Many locals showed up to help biologists and veterinarians get the whale back into the water. Subsequently the whale disappeared, swimming further into the forest…

Após ser desencalhada por biólogos, veterinários e ribeirinhos, no final da tarde desta quinta-feira, 15, a baleia Minke desapareceu. Ela, que foi dada como morta em informações preliminares, que acabaram não se confirmando pelo Ibama, fez uma viagem de quase 1,5 mil quilômetros, do oceano Atlântico até o meio da floresta amazônica. Segundo biólogos do Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama), o animal pode estar subindo o rio Tapajós, um afluente do Amazonas, no oeste do Estado, na tentativa de chegar ao oceano, mas os especialistas temem que ele não consiga sobreviver fora do habitat natural.

thanks to Alessandro for the audio

Here’s a BYKI List that you can download for Windows or Mac OS X, again with Alessandro’s help. Here’s the raw audio of the words in the list. Enjoy!

Sadly the whale’s life came to an end a few days later. The minke was found washed up on a beach near the town of Santarem. Clearly confused and under much stress, the whale must have met a frustrating end.