Endangered Fin Whale Washes Up on Mud Flats Near Downtown Anchorage
The carcass of a 47-foot fin whale washed ashore along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail near the mouth of Fish Creek last Saturday. By Monday hundreds of onlooker trekked across Anchorage’s tidal mud flats to view the carcass, identified as a young female. Fin whales are listed as an endangered species.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration marine mammal biologist Barbara Mahoney has been examining the animal, and told the Anchorage Daily News that it was a yearling or a juvenile, in the 1-to-3-year old range ...
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