A pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins became entrapped in a tide pool near Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island on Saturday, an uncommon sight according to marine mammal experts.
Marine Biologist, Kristyn Plancarte, or her social media handle KPassionate, shares her expert opinion on Timmy the whale. 🥺
Timmy, a humpback whale who caught the world's attention after becoming stranded in German waters, is "highly likely" to have died after being released from a barge into deep waters.
SAMISH ISLAND, Wash. - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials confirmed Tuesday that a fin whale found offshore near Samish Island has died.
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16 grey whales have washed up on Washington’s shores, a record in the 50 years the Cascadia Research Collective has tracked the mortality of the giant ocean mammals. The whales migrate from their breeding waters off Mexico in the spring, up the coast to where they feed in the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea. The fact that 16 have washed up on the shores of the Pacific Northwest shows the whales are starving and searching for food before they make it to the regions where they typically replenish, according to John Calambokidis, a research biologist and founder of the Cascadia Research Collective.
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/record-number-dead-grey-whales-found-western-washington/