NEW YORK: Another carcass of a dead whale was discovered on a beach in Northern California on Tuesday, making it the 12th one to appear in the past few months. Local wildlife officials spotted the lifeless body of the animal at the Point Reyes National Seashore.
Mary Jane Schramm, a representative from the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, said the whale carcass was headless and too badly decomposed to identify its age and species immediately.
Schramm said the condition of the animal suggests that it could have been attacked by a killer whale.
Samples taken from the whale carcass have been sent to the California Academy of Sciences for further analysis.
The recent string of dead whales washing ashore in the state has led scientist to investigate a possible connection between each incident. Some of the factors being considered include food distribution, predator behavior, shipping and even changes in the environment.
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