A 70-foot, female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship has washed ashore on the Northern California coast
A 70-foot, female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship has washed ashore on the Northern California coast in what scientists are calling a rare occurrence.
Officials think this 70-foot female blue whale was struck by a ship. It washed ashore Monday on the Northern California coast near Fort Bragg.
The whale was first spotted on shore near Fort Bragg in Mendocino County on Monday night, hours after an ocean survey vessel reported hitting a whale a few miles away, said Joe Cordaro, a wildlife biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's marine fisheries service.
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I totally want to go check this out. But the drive to Fort Bragg is brutal.
