2 massive whales have washed ashore just south of San Francisco
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
Because the whale was on its back in the surf, biologists haven't been able to tell if the whale was killed after being hit by a ship, one of the ways the endangered creatures are sometimes killed.
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
"This beach, because of its geographical features and currents, lends itself to being a huge repository of dead marine mammals," Sue Pemberton, a curatorial assistant with the California Academy of Sciences, told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Sad... the #beachedwhale discovered in Pacifica has been defaced. http://t.co/DIcg4Zw5Bx pic.twitter.com/xAWV21ESOM
- KRON 4 News (@kron4news) April 21, 2015
Not cool, dudes.
Here's hoping that researchers get a chance to try and figure out what happened to the humpback - they're planning on re-examining it May 6.
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