POINT REYES STATION, Calif. >> Another dead whale washed ashore in Northern California, the 12th carcass that has appeared in the past few months and marks a higher-than-normal number of deaths but not a record.
The dozen whales have been found along nearly 300 miles of coastline and are of different species and various ages. In a typical year, one or two gray whales wash ashore, said Frances Gulland, the senior scientist for the Marine Mammal Center.
The most recent animal appeared Tuesday on a beach along the Point Reyes National Seashore, officials said. It’s badly decomposed and headless, making identifying the species and its age difficult, said Mary Jane Schramm, spokeswoman for the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
“(The condition) suggests it could be a killer whale attack,” she said.
Scientists are trying to determine if there is a connection between the beached whales, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. They are considering factors such as environmental changes, food distribution, shipping and predator behavior.
“We are seeing them coming from so many different species and various causes of death,” Schramm said. “One of the reasons we are seeing such a cluster at one time is we have very strong winds that have been blowing consistently that are washing things onto shore.”
Scientists say the deaths could be part of the annual gray whale migration from Mexico to Alaska, the newspaper reported.
At least one of the whales showed evidence of being hit by a ship. Two others were missing limbs, which indicates they got tangled in fishing gear or attacked by killer whales.
The latest beached whale appeared a few days after a 28-foot juvenile gray whale washed up on the Sonoma County coast. Last week, a gray whale carcass appeared in Half Moon Bay as officials buried a sperm whale and a humpback whale.
In April, two gray whales got beached in Santa Cruz County, a killer whale was found near Fort Bragg and a gray whale washed up in Monterey County.
Many of the dead were gray whales, but they were so badly decomposed that researchers have not been able to determine how they died, Gulland said.
The last large increase in whale deaths was in 1999 and 2000, when 40 dead gray whales were found on beaches in the Bay Area, she said.
Before that die-off, there were 26,600 gray whales nationwide, according to estimates by the National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle.
POINT REYES STATION, Calif. >> Another dead whale washed ashore in Northern California, the 12th carcass that has appeared in the past few months and marks a higher-than-normal number of deaths but not a record.
The dozen whales have been found along nearly 300 miles of coastline and are of different species and various ages. In a typical year, one or two gray whales wash ashore, said Frances Gulland, the senior scientist for the Marine Mammal Center.
The most recent animal appeared Tuesday on a beach along the Point Reyes National Seashore, officials said. It’s badly decomposed and headless, making identifying the species and its age difficult, said Mary Jane Schramm, spokeswoman for the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
“(The condition) suggests it could be a killer whale attack,” she said.
Scientists are trying to determine if there is a connection between the beached whales, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. They are considering factors such as environmental changes, food distribution, shipping and predator behavior.
“We are seeing them coming from so many different species and various causes of death,” Schramm said. “One of the reasons we are seeing such a cluster at one time is we have very strong winds that have been blowing consistently that are washing things onto shore.”
Scientists say the deaths could be part of the annual gray whale migration from Mexico to Alaska, the newspaper reported.
At least one of the whales showed evidence of being hit by a ship. Two others were missing limbs, which indicates they got tangled in fishing gear or attacked by killer whales.
The latest beached whale appeared a few days after a 28-foot juvenile gray whale washed up on the Sonoma County coast. Last week, a gray whale carcass appeared in Half Moon Bay as officials buried a sperm whale and a humpback whale.
In April, two gray whales got beached in Santa Cruz County, a killer whale was found near Fort Bragg and a gray whale washed up in Monterey County.
Many of the dead were gray whales, but they were so badly decomposed that researchers have not been able to determine how they died, Gulland said.
The last large increase in whale deaths was in 1999 and 2000, when 40 dead gray whales were found on beaches in the Bay Area, she said.
Before that die-off, there were 26,600 gray whales nationwide, according to estimates by the National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle.
” (The condition) suggests it could be a killer whale attack,” she said. ”
I CALL BULLSHIT !!! This phenomena is unprecedented. I’ve lived in Kalifornia all my life, 57 years, and this has never happened prior to 3/11/2011. Pisses me off that these shills won’t mention the ” R ” word, ie Radiation. F@&k Me . . . Sardine season closed due to catastrophically low numbers ??? Mass die-offs with no explanation ??? Plant mutations considered as something mysterious ??? Bullshit . . .
Not 1 Orca baby has lived longer than 1 year since Fuc-YOU-shima ( find it on enenews.com ). I was a volunteer monitor on the http://radiationnetwork.com/ for almost 3 years starting in mid-2012. I’ve logged the averages, minimums, and peaks increasing with time.
Big issue with the Pacific Genocide is the plankton and phytoplankton. That is where most of our available oxygen comes from since the slash-n-trash ” clear cutting ” shit began. So, prepare to feel lethargic and light headed as we march down the path of destruction.
Clearcut: The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry and the hubris of nuclear power luciferians. . . .
http://www.amazon.com/Clearcut-The-Tragedy-Industrial-Forestry/dp/0871563614
Bought this book in ’95 when I worked at a book distributer.
Get your spiritual house in order, because things on this ball of mud aren’t going to improve anytime soon. Peace while it lasts then stand your ground !!!, Mark . . .
It won’t stop with just whales.
Won’t be long before their shores are littered with dead fish of ALL types.
Glad I left.
Hope you’re not in the Rocky Mountains, ie Colorado, because the Rad stations there peak and average way higher than here at 20′ elevation in the SF East Bay, San Leandro. I’ve tracked for quite some time . . . Best estimate from me: We can run, but there’s nowhere to hide. 3 weeks after Fukushima, it’s radiation was detected in sheep in Norway. Damn, that pesky Jet Stream. Chernobyl did the same, and 3 Mile Island, WIPP, Hanford, and every plant ” off gassing ” Tritium, which bonds with water and can’t be pulled out. Not to mention it will kick our asses faster than Uranium, Plutonium, Americium, Iodine ( in it’s varieties ), and the most touted Cesium 134 / 137. May God comfort us all as we do what we must . . .
From that hellhole L.A. to Sweet Home, OR, a SMALL town of less than 8,000, and I couldn’t be happier (unless ALL the jews were dead).
btw, I worry FAR less about the Fuku radiation (or any radiation, for that matter) than most, and with good reason.
Alpha lipoic acid… every day.
definitely not radiation, nope, couldn’t be….that stuff is good for you.
Nope…No Fukushima radiation or HAARP effects here. Nothing at all…. (sarcasm)
Unfrigginbelievable…
All said and done, it was just a big misunderstanding. What people though was a dead whale was just Hillary catching some rays on that scrotum-like facial skin of hers.
Hillary Scrotum Clinton?
I knew I`d seen wrinkles like that before , thanks Millard , & I like it Wade !