Stranded orca (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Stranded orca

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This 18-year-old male southern resident killer whale, J34, was stranded near Sechelt, British Columbia on December 21, 2016. Postmortem examination suggested he died from trauma consistent with vessel strike.

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Paul Cottrell, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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