BERLIN -- A juvenile minke whale had to be euthanized last night after being discovered on a mud flat in Turville Creek near Ocean Pines.
National Aquarium in Baltimore Stranding Coordinator Jennifer Dittmar and an associate were stationed on the scene this morning at the county boat ramp off Gum Point Road. The two had been at the boat ramp since last night guarding the calf, which had to be euthanized with drugs yesterday. She estimated the calf was about a few weeks old at best and reported it was “very emaciated and had not eaten in a while.”
According to Dittmar, DNR will be transporting the whale, believed to be a calf measuring approximately 10 to 11 feet, for a CT scan to determine the cause of the death. The whale was secured in knee-deep water by a pier at the county boat ramp.
Umm....I'm not a psychic or anything but I want to say that the fact that it was euthanized may have had something to do with the cause of death. ROFLMAO.....But it's whatever.
ReplyDeleteWho paid for the CT scan? Whenever I need one my insurance company fights me tooth and nail.
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