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Found and borrowed this article from another board. Thanks! I thought it was interesting. Anyone else hear about this?
"Beached Whale Recovering From Shark Bites in Above-Ground Pool
Jun 17, '04
HOUSTON (AP) - A whale that beached along the Texas Gulf coast, covered in shark bites and unable to swim, is recovering in an above-ground pool and eating about 30 pounds of fish and squid a day, rescuers said.
The 8-foot-long, 310-pound melon-headed whale, named Memory for the Memorial Day weekend when it was found, could spend up to three months in recovery before being returned to the wild.
Melon-headed whales are deep-water creatures, rarely seen alone or near the Gulf coastline, and marine biologists were trying to determine what caused Memory to end up at High Island.
"There is something that brought her to the beach. To have them come in alive is rare," Tammy Renaud of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network told the Houston Chronicle in Thursday's editions.
The volunteer group rescued Memory within two hours, and it was taken to the National Marine Fisheries Service's Galveston laboratory.
Blood tests are being performed to determine whether the whale had a virus or other illness."
"Beached Whale Recovering From Shark Bites in Above-Ground Pool
Jun 17, '04
HOUSTON (AP) - A whale that beached along the Texas Gulf coast, covered in shark bites and unable to swim, is recovering in an above-ground pool and eating about 30 pounds of fish and squid a day, rescuers said.
The 8-foot-long, 310-pound melon-headed whale, named Memory for the Memorial Day weekend when it was found, could spend up to three months in recovery before being returned to the wild.
Melon-headed whales are deep-water creatures, rarely seen alone or near the Gulf coastline, and marine biologists were trying to determine what caused Memory to end up at High Island.
"There is something that brought her to the beach. To have them come in alive is rare," Tammy Renaud of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network told the Houston Chronicle in Thursday's editions.
The volunteer group rescued Memory within two hours, and it was taken to the National Marine Fisheries Service's Galveston laboratory.
Blood tests are being performed to determine whether the whale had a virus or other illness."
