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Male Fin Whale Hit By Cruise Ship Spotted Dead In Vancouver's Burrard Inlet Towed Off For Necropsy

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 May, 2015 01:32 PM
    VANCOUVER — The Fisheries Department says a dead whale spotted in Vancouver's harbour came in on the bow of a cruise ship.
     
    Spokeswoman Lara Sloan says the carcass of what is believed to be a male fin whale was seen floating in Burrard Inlet on Sunday.
     
    She says the whale was being moved to another location on Monday so scientists could conduct a necropsy to determine the cause of death.
     
    Sloan says the whale is between 15 to 20 metres long.
     
    The department says fin whales are the second largest whales in the world, after blue whales.
     
    They reach maturity at age 25 and can be distinguished by the asymmetrical pigmentation on their lower jaw, which is dark on the left and light on the right.

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