Fifth whale found dead in waters of San Francisco Bay within a month

Terry Collins   - USA Today - 02:24
Another\u00a0dead whale was discovered in the waters of the San Francisco Bay, the fifth creature found in the area in less than a month.

Fifth whale found dead in waters of San Francisco Bay within a month

The death comes weeks after a rare minke whale was discovered in the bay and later euthanized.

Terry Collins   USA TODAY

Another dead whale was discovered in the waters of the San Francisco Bay, the fifth creature found in the area in less than a month, officials said.

The female gray whale drifted overnight on April 20 and was spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard near the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, California, the next day, Giancarlo Rulli, a spokesperson for the Marin County, California-based Marine Mammal Center, told USA TODAY. 

The whale marks the fourth dead gray whale and fifth whale overall to wash up in the San F...
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