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As many of you know and many more may not be aware, our friend Peter Thomas has had a rough winter and spring. After many surgeries and setbacks we are hoping he is on the mend.
Remains of pilot whale calf found far inland
PENOBSCOT
A long-dead long-finned pilot whale washed ashore along the Bagaduce River late last month.
“It had been dead for a while,” said Rosemary Seton, the marine mammal stranding coordinator with Allied Whale at College of the Atlantic. “It was almost a skeleton.”
The whale was 7-feet long, which means it was a calf when it died. Long-finned pilot whales can grow to about 15 feet and can be found in Maine, though it’s likely that currents washed the carcass that far inland, Seton said.
By her guess, the whale had been dead for a while, possibly since the fall when calves are usually born. Because of its condition, it’s hard to tell what happened to the calf.
Whale calf washes up
PENOBSCOT A long-dead long-finned pilot whale washed ashore along the Bagaduce River late last month.
“It had been dead for a while,” said Rosemary Seton, the marine mammal stranding coordinator with Allied Whale at College of the Atlantic. “It was almost a skeleton.”
The whale was 7 feet long, which means it was a calf when it died. Long-finned pilot whales can grow to about 15 feet and can be found in Maine, though it’s likely that currents washed the carcass that far inland, Seton said.
By her guess, the whale had been dead for a while, possibly since the fall when calves are usually born. Because of its condition, it’s hard to tell what happened to the calf.
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