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Forbes: Huge Humpback Whale—And California Celebrity—Killed In Ship Strike Amid Concern Over Collisions
August 31, 2022
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Huge Humpback Whale—And California Celebrity—Killed In Ship Strike Amid Concern Over Collisions
Published in Forbes on August 31, 2022
A humpback whale whose annual visits to Monterey Bay turned her into California’s most famous sea mammal has died in a ship collision, researchers learned this week, bringing new attention to a threat that has haunted whales even as their populations recover.
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