30-foot Humpback whale dead at Ft. Pierce inlet, Florida *VIDEO*
January 24, 2012
FT. PIERCE, Fla. — A humpback whale died overnight in Fort Pierce after beaching himself on a sandbar in the inlet, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Apparently the animal washed in overnight. FAU’s Harbor Branch Marine Mammal Rescue Team along with Sea World and the FWC are trying to figure out exactly what happened.
A local fisherman spotted the whale in distress about 11:00 Monday night and called the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard immediately alerted Florida Fish and Wildlife, but by 2:30 a.m. the whale had died.
The humpback is about 30-feet long and is believed to be a juvenile, since mature adults are typically 60 to 80-feet long.
“Call FWC and they’ll develop the first response. Like any 911 emergency, the sooner help arrives, the better chance of surivival,” said Steve McCulloch, Harbor Branch-FAU.
It’ll take a necropsy to figure out the …
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Whale washes up at Fort Pierce Inlet, biologists say death was caused by infection *VIDEO*
Posted: 01/24/2012
By: Evan Axelbank
FORT PIERCE, Fla. -
Tuesday marked the end of the line for a whale in St. Lucie County.
Four fishermen stumbled upon a two-and-a-half-ton humpback that had beached itself in the Fort Pierce Inlet.
Marine biologists said the 28-foot, 5,000-pound animal was sick and that it got so confused it wound up in the shallow inlet.
“It just seemed like it was looking at you the whole time there,” said Vincent Randolph, one of the fishermen.
The group of fishermen called the Fish and Wildlife Commission, which responded along with Florida Atlantic University marine researchers … continue …
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