A 40-foot gray whale that washed ashore at Crown Beach in Alameda earlier this month was determined to have likely died from blunt force trauma due to a vessel strike. This incident marks the first reported whale death in the San Francisco Bay area this year. Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences confirmed the probable cause of death following a necropsy of the adult female whale.
Scientists have concluded a necropsy of the 40-foot adult female gray whale that washed ashore at an Alameda beach earlier this month. https://t.co/LZO5e7jtlJ
Scientists determine likely cause of gray whale death in Bay Area https://t.co/dGG4wZnXrn
Probable cause of S.F. Bay’s first whale death this year determined https://t.co/2XePK7fgfN
JUST IN: The gray whale that recently washed ashore at an Alameda beach – the first reported whale death in San Francisco Bay this year – likely died due to blunt force trauma from a vessel strike, scientists said. https://t.co/VRCnpHOANc
A dead 40-foot gray whale that washed up off the shore of Crown Beach in Alameda earlier this month likely died due to blunt force trauma from a vessel strike, according to the California Academy of Sciences. STORY: https://t.co/WIB3rw1CX8 https://t.co/ymS46MQmsC