Jill's Pick from Around the World: Mediterranean grey whale appears 'back from the dead'


Video credit: channel4.com
The sighting of a grey whale in the Mediterranean sea has left marine biologists stunned. Since the end of the 18th century the species has been confined to the Pacific ocean after it was hunted to extinction elsewhere. Whale experts can only guess at how the 13-metre-long whale managed to get from the Pacific into the Atlantic and then down to the Mediterranean. The whale was first spotted on Sunday by Israeli biologists a mile and a half out from Tel Aviv. Initially they thought it had to be a sperm whale, which is similar in size.


Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 5/13/2010 6:00 AM
Categories: Jill's Pick from Around the World
Tags: sperm whale pacific ocean Mediterranean gray whale israel atlantic ocean
 

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