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whale, it provided a unique experience to s This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_06D8_01D063C4.B536C630 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable They certainly do stray into Maritime waters (usually better known from = more southerly waters). There have been at least 2 stranded in the New = Brunswick part of the Bay of Fundy. =20 Laurie Murison ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dusan Soudek=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Pygmy Sperm Whale washes up in Halifax Harbour Thank you, Laurie, for the additional information. So the story is a = little more complicated. It looks like the whale collided with a ship. I = remember seeing Pygmy Sperm Whale on a list of marine mammal species = observed =E2=80=93dead or alive-- in Halifax Harbour, produced as part = of the environmental assessment literature review prior to the first = harbour cleanup effort in the 1990=E2=80=99s.=20 Dusan Soudek From: Laurie Murison=20 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:27 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Pygmy Sperm Whale washes up in Halifax Harbour I have pasted below what was posted on the MARS (Marine Animal = Response Society) Facebook page: On October 24th, 2014 a small whale was spotted swimming around the = navy docks in Halifax. It was swimming very slowly, had blood trailing = from its head and an had an injury to its tail fluke. The Marine Animal = Response Society (MARS) and protection officers from the Department of = Fisheries & Oceans (DFO) responded, however a thorough search of the = area by boat failed to locate the animal. On October 28th, the whale was found dead on McNabs Island in Halifax = Harbour. It was identified as a pygmy sperm whale, an elusive, small = whale not common in our waters. DFO towed the animal to the Bedford = Institute of Oceanography, where it was frozen until a necropsy could be = performed.=20 On March 12, 2015 the animal was taken to Dalhousie University where = the necropsy was done. This was directed by a veterinary pathologist = from UPEI, MARS response coordinators and faculty from Dalhousie = University. It was also used for teaching both University of PEI = veterinary students as well as Dalhousie marine biology students. = Several injuries were documented on the throat and tail and it was = considered in poor body condition. Sadly, several pieces of plastic as = well as a long piece of plastic strapping were found lodged in its = stomach. Although it was a sad outcome for this small whale, it provided = a unique experience to students from both universities to learn about = whale anatomy as well as the importance of conservation measures to = protect whale species. The bones were donated to the Nova Scotia Museum = of Natural History. Laurie Murison Grand Manan, NB ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dusan Soudek=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 8:48 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Pygmy Sperm Whale washes up in Halifax Harbour A letter to the editor (=E2=80=9CLitter lethal to wildlife=E2=80=9D) = in a recent issue of The Chronicle Herald (March 20) mentions that a = dead Pygmy Right Whale washed up on McNabs Island recently, and that a = necropsy revealed several plastic items in its stomach. They apparently = caused its demise. Does anyone have more information on this incident? = Has the species ID been confirmed? Dusan Soudek ------=_NextPart_000_06D8_01D063C4.B536C630 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18928"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>They certainly do stray into Maritime = waters=20 (usually better known from more southerly waters). There have been = at least=20 2 stranded in the New Brunswick part of the Bay of Fundy. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Laurie Murison</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dsoudekd@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">Dusan=20 Soudek</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 21, 2015 = 10:08=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Pygmy = Sperm Whale=20 washes up in Halifax Harbour</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: = 12pt"> <DIV>Thank you, Laurie, for the additional information. So the story = is a=20 little more complicated. It looks like the whale collided with a ship. = I=20 remember seeing Pygmy Sperm Whale on a list of marine mammal species = observed=20 =E2=80=93dead or alive-- in Halifax Harbour, produced as part of the = environmental=20 assessment literature review prior to the first harbour cleanup effort = in the=20 1990=E2=80=99s. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dusan Soudek</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: = none"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Dgmwhale@nbnet.nb.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:gmwhale@nbnet.nb.ca">Laurie Murison</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 21, 2015 9:27 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:<