Injured Whale Spotted Again

The injured yearling spotted off Sebastian Inlet on January 21st was spotted by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources aerial survey team on Feb. 10th.  The whale was located about 18.5 miles east of Blackbeard Island, GA.  So, after cruising quickly south in January, the whale has turned and headed back north.  The wounds at the base of the tail flukes are showing signs of healing, but the whale appears to be underweight.  Photographs of the right flipper are still necessary to determine if the whale is currently entangled.

First Right Whale in Brevard County in Two Years!

On Tuesday, January 21st, MRC received a call on the hotline from Corey and Casey Langle from Melbourne Beach. MRC was expecting the call, as the Marineland Right Whale Project had spotted an injured yearling (believed to be 2013 calf of #3294) off Daytona Beach Shores just 2 days earlier, and headed quickly south.  Around 12:30pm, MRC confirmed the injured yearling off Sebastian Inlet, still being elusive and still traveling very quickly south.  We last saw the whale off the McClarty Treasure Museum in Vero Beach, but not before securing photos. Many thanks to Ed Perry at the museum for photographing the whale (shown here), as well as Jim and "D" Voeste who photographed the whale from the Sebastian Inlet jetty. Without your help, we wouldn't have gotten crucial information on the ID of the animal, as well as documentation of the injury.  Thank you so much!

As of this posting, the location of the whale is unknown.

To view the news of this animal on the Marineland Right Whale Blog from a couple days before we saw the whale, go to http://marinelandrightwhale.blogspot.com/2014/01/survey-team-5-gets-first-whale-sighting.html

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