Close X
Monday, November 11, 2024
ADVT 
National

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.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    More Residents Set To Leave Northern Ontario Community Threatened By Flood

    More Residents Set To Leave Northern Ontario Community Threatened By Flood
    Chief Derek Stephen says 600 vulnerable residents of Kashechewan on the western shore of James Bay are the first to be evacuated.

    More Residents Set To Leave Northern Ontario Community Threatened By Flood

    Airpark Owner Says He Warned Pilot About Engine Before Highway 91 Landing

    Airpark Owner Says He Warned Pilot About Engine Before Highway 91 Landing
    Arnold Klappe of King George Airpark says he and his mechanic told Paul Deane-Freeman about the condition of his plane's engine on several occasions, and even priced out the parts needed to fix it.

    Airpark Owner Says He Warned Pilot About Engine Before Highway 91 Landing

    6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits British Columbia's North Coast, No Tsunami

    6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits British Columbia's North Coast, No Tsunami
    The 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Haida Gwaii region approximately 167 km southeast of the Village of Queen Charlotte at about 7 a.m. Friday.

    6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits British Columbia's North Coast, No Tsunami

    High Court OKs Extradition Of Two To Face Cold Case Murder Charges

    High Court OKs Extradition Of Two To Face Cold Case Murder Charges
    OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for two men to be extradited to New Hampshire to face trial in a decades-old double murder.

    High Court OKs Extradition Of Two To Face Cold Case Murder Charges

    Battle Over DND Budget As Liberals Claim Spending On Track To Historical Low

    OTTAWA — Numbers compiled by the federal Liberals suggest spending on the Canadian military will hit a historic low in the coming decade, despite a planned Conservative injection of $11.8 billion starting in 2017.

    Battle Over DND Budget As Liberals Claim Spending On Track To Historical Low

    Northern Ontario First Nation Community Begins Evacuation Due To Flooding

    Northern Ontario First Nation Community Begins Evacuation Due To Flooding
    KASHECHEWAN, Ont. — The evacuation of a remote northern Ontario First Nation has begun as the rapidly rising Albany River threatens the community.

    Northern Ontario First Nation Community Begins Evacuation Due To Flooding