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18% of gray whales that enter San Francisco Bay die there, scientists find (www.frontiersin.org)
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[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What else are you gonna do in the bay these days?

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

They’re looking for nuclear wessels.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is this a lot or normal? Where do whales usually go to die?

[–] sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

The article says it's at least partially caused by boat strikes in an especially dangerous area (low visibility, high boat traffic, bottleneck where whales and boats must go to enter or leave).