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Prof. Dr. Judith Denkinger: "The harbor porpoise is one of the smallest toothed whale species. It is a very social animal. Like all toothed whales, it is a very intelligent animal."

Franziska Saalmann (Greenpeace): "The harbor porpoise is highly endangered in Germany, and in German seas, in parts of the Baltic Sea, it is even threatened with extinction. This is mainly due to fishing, underwater noise and pollution."

Sebastian Vettel: "In the long term, I believe that with the basin behind us, we can see how beautiful diversity can be and what it means to lose that diversity. I think it would be a great shame, especially for future generations."

Prof. Dr. Judith Denkinger: "We only have about 450 animals left, down from around 40-50,000."

Lisa Klemens (German Oceanographic Museum): "This is an endangered species, which is why we are looking at what caused the animal’s death. So that we can simply take better protective measures. Simply prevent more animals from dying from this cause. We can look at what the whale ate. We can already tell if it was contaminated with heavy metals or other pollutants. In short, we can completely reconstruct the life of this whale. Science is a bit more abstract, active nature conservation."