4th Right Whale Calf Spotted Off Georgia With Severe Injuries
Last week a team with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute were able to spot three North Atlantic right whales calves, sparking hope for the endangered whales. A fourth calf was spotted earlier this week, however, NOAA reports that "the young whale is already injured."
The right whale calf and its mother, #2360, or Derecha, which means "right" in Spanish, were photographed eight nautical miles off the coast of Georgia. The calf is said to have "two roughly parallel and s-shaped injuries," which experts say are consistent with...
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