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Orca Strandings and Rare Events Transient Orca Stranding and Rescue Dungeness Spit, Jan. 2-4, 2002 01•02•03•04•05•06•07•08•09•10•11•12•13•14•15•16•17•18•19•20•21•22•23•24•25•26•27•28
Jenn Schorr pours a bucket of salt water over the body of the completely grounded male transient killer whale CA188. During two consecutive nights the tide went so far out that the male whale spent several hours completely out of the water. Wet sheets and blankets, along with hundreds of bucket-loads of water, helped maintain the whale through those two very difficult nights. (At one point, CA188 was over 75' from the receeded waterline.) Photographs © The Center for Whale Research. All Rights Reserved. Photo (above) by Kelley Balcomb-Bartok. |
