1. As soon as I touched it, the young whale dropped a few feet beneath the surface, passed gently beneath the panga and resurfaced on the other side. 2. As we watched, dumbfounded, the young whale lifted its head further out of the water until it could eye us. 3. Female whales migrate to a calving ground off the coast of northern Florida and southern Georgia before guiding their young whales up the coast. 4. It has not been determined how this young whale died, French said, but some scientists have taken tissue samples to detect illness or parasites. 5. Biologists say the young whales apparently get lost on their way from Arctic waters and swim east of Scotland instead of west. 6. In addition to her health issues, scientists feared her increasing chumminess with boats would end either in a capsizing or injury to the young whale. 7. The transient whales feed on marine mammals, while residents like the two young whales feed mostly on fish and stay in a specific region. 8. The young whales got lost on their way south from Arctic waters and swam east of Scotland instead of west, Tougaard said. 9. At the end of January, the young whale was fatally attacked by a herd of bull sharks. 10. Young male whales leave the group around age six, the study found. |