A beached sperm whale lies in the surf near Port Aransas, Texas, on the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2008.I am sure they figure they are at least alive and hoping some human will help them stay that way. Can't even consider pushing them back into the Gulf Waters, now can you? The only option is to transport them to the Atlantic side of Florida in hopes they will find their way out to sea.
...Right now between 1,400 and 1,660 sperm whales live year-round in the Gulf of Mexico, making up a distinct population from other Atlantic Ocean groups, in which males make yearly migrations....
David Janka of the conservation group WWF shows off an oil-stained glove after reaching into a hole on Eleanor Island in Alaska's Prince William Sound on February 6, 2009.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/photogalleries/exxon-valdez-anniversary/index.html
Dead Gulf Sperm Whales Hard to Tally
Some experts worry that the Gulf oil spill could be as damaging to sperm whales as the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill was to killer whales in Alaska's Prince William Sound....
Well, you know they are headed for extinction anyway, so why bother. With BP, Transocean and Halliburton helping they can be pushed over the edge easier. Drill here, Drill now. Is the second BP hole nearly ready, because, I am expecting the methane to blow sky high like the first one and we'll have two human induced oil seeps instead of one.
...Even now, that killer whale population has yet to recover and will likely go extinct in a few decades, Matkin said....
