South of Canon Beach, Oregon, Jan. 17, 2022I smelled the rotting carcass long before I reached it, e
South of Canon Beach, Oregon, Jan. 17, 2022I smelled the rotting carcass long before I reached it, expecting to find a dead sea lion, not a whale. It’s a juvenile, likely a humpback whale based on the large number of ventral grooves, and how far the grooves extend toward the tail. The last image is a detached shoulder blade that washed up nearby. -- source link
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