At least 70 dead or dying gray whales have stranded on the West Coast this year. In an average year, there are about 35 strandings in an entire season. Last year, there were only 45 strandings.
Published 10:26 PM EDT May 31, 2019Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
If the strandings continue at their current pace, this could end up being the most deadly year for gray whales on record. Currently, the whales are only halfway through their annual journey from the warm waters of Mexico to their Arctic feeding grounds, so more will likely die, the researchers said. Then, in October, they begin their 6,000-mile annual journey south toward sheltered warm water lagoons in Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula and the Gulf of California, where the females give birth.
The good news is that gray whales are very flexible in the diet they can eat, so they are willing to forage for other food if their preferred amphipods aren’t available in sufficient numbers.While the implication is that the warming waters resulted in less food for the animals, the researchers are investigating all options. That could include something in the environment or disease or something humans are doing, she said.
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