Earthquake Kills Pregnant Sperm Whale
Thursday, September 20, 2012 September 2012: ZAMBOANGA CITY, PHILIPPINES -- A 52-footer pregnant sperm whale was found dead floating offshore east of this city, officials said Wednesday. The dead whale was first spotted floating at 6.932N; 122.271E in shallow water just offshore of Sacol Island. It was carried to a special area and buried. ( news article ) Local experts said it appeared that the whale had been dead only a few days; however, the many photographs of the whale indicated that it might have been dead much longer. Deafwhale members checked to waters upstream for 3,000 miles looking for any seismic disturbances that might have injured this whale. The only possible natural catastrophe we found was a potent thrusting earthquake that occurred only 115 miles from where the whales was first spotted. Very unusual. We have never before found evidence that an earthquake killed a whale outright... but we have always felt it was possible. It is o...