OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The young gray whale that stranded and died Sunday at Oakland Bay in south Puget Sound appeared to be a yearling that was starving.
A Cascadia Research team examined the carcass Monday and a spokeswoman, Lisa Schlender, told The Olympian it was “really, really skinny.”
It also had scars on its fins from a killer whale attack.
It’s common for a few whales to stop in Puget Sound during their annual migration from breeding waters off Mexico to feeding waters off Alaska, and a couple usually die each spring.
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Information from: The Olympian, http://www.theolympian.com
