Baby right whale found dead on Fla. Beach

摘要

The plight of endangered right whales took another sad turn Saturday, when a baby whale, possibly 2 monthsold, washed ashore dead on a Florida beach with telltale signs of being struck by a boat.There are fewer than 400 north Atlantic right whales remaining, and any mortality of the species is a serioussetback to rescuing the animals from extinction, according to federal biologists who expressed dismay overSaturday's discovery of the 22-foot male infant at Anastasia State Park near St. Augustine.