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Index of Subjects There was a large red tide event in the Gulf of St. Lawrence last year. Not sure if that had anything to do with these whales but there was a number of dead whales in 2008 according to GREMM. Laurie Murison Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station 24 Route 776 Grand Manan, NB Canada E5G 1A1 506 662 3804, Fax 506 662 9804 http://www.gmwsrs.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Lauff" <randy.lauff@gmail.com> To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:42 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Did I say, "Once in a career event?" > To all the reporters who asked me about the significance of being able > to work with a beached Sperm Whale, I replied something to the effect > of it being a "Once in a career event for me." After ~20 years at > StFX, I have worked on one pilot whale, one minke, a few porpoises and > one dolphin. After my piece broadcast on Maritime Noon on Tuesday, a > lady phoned and said, "Well, there's one here too." As you can expect, > my jaw dropped. > > I jumped into the truck with a buddy, off we went to Livingstone Cove, > Ant. Co. If you park at the wharf, walk down the beach 15 minutes > south (left as you face the water from the wharf). It's not an easy > beach walk, there are outcroppings to go over, and two streams to jump > or wade. > > The whale is in the intertidal, lower than the one in Havre Boucher, > and is being rocked by the waves. It is not clear to me how long it > will be there. Tides are also not favourable for the next few > days...nothing really low for awhile. I'll be bringing the field > biology class out there next Thursday at the earliest. > > Tonya Wimmer of the Marine Animal Response Society has told me there > have been a few mass strandings and beachings of Sperm Whales in the > Gulf region in the last few years. She did not suggest a reason, nor > am I about to speculate. > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.11/2089 - Release Date: 04/30/09 17:53:00
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