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| In this photo provided by http://www.dolphinsafari.com/, a gray whale surfaces for air near Dana Point, Calif., Thursday, May 13, 2010. The whale, nicknamed Lily by the rescue crew, has returned to Dana Point, one day after rescuers removed fishing nets and ropes from its fin and tail. (AP Photo/Capt. Dave Anderson, dolphinsafari.com) (Capt. Dave Anderson) |
By Randy Economy
http://www.economy4abc.blogspot.com/
May 14, 2010
The OC:
Lilly the Gray Whale has died today sending sadness to many here in Orange County and to her newly found fans across the world.
Lilly made local and national headlines this week when the gray whale got stuck in Dana Point Harbor, tangled in about 150 pounds of netting and tow lines. The 35-foot female grey whale was literally trapped in the local OC harbor for hours.
Lilly was eventually cut free and she began to set out to sea to join the annual whale migration to the cold waters of Alaska.
But, nature took its toll on Lily and today she returned to the local harbor area where she was stuck, and and has died. She washed up on a Dana Point beachfront. Hundreds of fans are currently going to see Lilly at this beach site.
Members of the rescue team that cut away the entanglements Wednesday told local newspapers that they guessed that Lilly was juvenile whale, around 1 or 2 years old. The netting that was strung through its mouth may have prevented it from eating.
Gray whales, which typically live to about 60, scoop their food — primarily krill — from the ocean's bottom and filter it through mouth structures called baleen. (Yep, I know my whales....lol). They migrate between Baja California lagoons, where they calve in the winter, and the waters off Alaska, and Lilly apparently was left behind by her pod.
So Lilly, RIP, girl!
You made the world around us a little brighter this week!
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Lilly is my hero! Long live LILLY BELLE!
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