ABOVE VIDEO: North Atlantic right whale killed by boat strike
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA (FOX 35) – A critically endangered young right whale, spotted off the Space Coast, was hit and killed by a boat.
The young whale was recently seen near Melbourne Beach but was found dead off the coast of Georgia. The death is a big blow to beachgoers and scientists as the species teeters on the brink of extinction.
Spessard Holland South Beach Park was one of the last places the young right whale was seen alive, just past the surf line in early February.
“It was a confirmed blunt force trauma to the head, cracked skull,” said Joel Cohen, who had just returned to the Space Coast after attending the whale’s necropsy.
After recovering the carcass, researchers discovered a boat strike was what claimed the young whale’s life.
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