A whale carcass was reportedly spotted on Thursday off the Danish island of Anholt, located between Denmark and Sweden.
Authorities were not immediately able to confirm it was the same whale. In a statement the Danish Environmental Protection Agency said conditions on Saturday made it possible for the whale’s identity to be verified, and its tracking device retrieved.
The agency told AFP “there are no concrete plans to remove the whale from the area or to perform a necropsy, and it is not currently considered to pose a problem in the area”.
But it stressed that people should not approach the whale because it might carry diseases that can be transmitted to humans.
There may also be a risk of explosion, it added, because of large volumes of internal gas caused by decomposition.
