The death of a gray whale found on Bolinas Beach last week was most likely caused by blunt force trauma from a vessel, the Marine Mammal Center said Thursday.
In a necropsy of the whale carried out on Saturday, a team of scientists found injuries indicative of blunt force trauma, and"the scale of the trauma is consistent with vessel collision as the cause of death," the Marin Headlands-based center said.Barbie Halaska/The Marine Mammal Center
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared an ongoing"unusual mortality event" since 2019 as elevated numbers of gray whales began washing ashore in poor body condition. The Marine Mammal Center said the leading causes of death for these animals are malnutrition, entanglements and trauma from vessel strikes.
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