The sad fate of a stranded humpback in Germany raises bigger questions about distressed whales – and how to help them. On 14 May 2026, the carcass of a 12-metre-long humpback whale washed up in the shallows of Anholt, a small island near Denmark. It rocked back and forth in the waves, occasionally pecked at by seagulls. Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency confirmed it was Timmy , whose almost two-month-long rescue saga had turned into a viral cautionary tale. Timmy's name came from