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About 3 o'clock yesterday I got a call saying that we had a live animal strand at High Island. It was originally called in as a Bottlenose Dolphin but turned out to be a Melon-Headed Whale. Some guys were either camping or fishing (maybe both) and this whale just washed right up to them. They did a great job of keeping the animal calm and shaded so it didn't get sunburned. It's about 7 ft. long and doesn't have a name yet because they don't know if it's a boy whale or a girl whale 
I was told that the animal was really scraped up and had lots of shark bites. I started holding this morning around 4 a.m. so I really couldn't see much but it was really difficult to find a place to hold the animal because it felt like every inch of her tail was scarred. Once it started getting daylight out I got to check it out. Several of the bite marks I saw were at least 8" across!
Then to make matters more interesting, they got a call about a live animal down at PINS around the 40mm I think. Someone pushed it back in but they called back a few minutes later and said that it had re-stranded.
This means that we've got 4 live animals at the moment -- a dual rehab in Galveston and a dual rehab in Corpus. If any of you would be interested in volunteering, now would be a really, really, really good time.
Here are some pics of the melon-headed whale. The tarp's not up yet so they're putting zinc on it in the last picture.
If any of ya'll were the ones that called in either of these animals, "Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!"
The number's 1-800-9MAMMAL... that's for live and dead animals.
I was told that the animal was really scraped up and had lots of shark bites. I started holding this morning around 4 a.m. so I really couldn't see much but it was really difficult to find a place to hold the animal because it felt like every inch of her tail was scarred. Once it started getting daylight out I got to check it out. Several of the bite marks I saw were at least 8" across!
Then to make matters more interesting, they got a call about a live animal down at PINS around the 40mm I think. Someone pushed it back in but they called back a few minutes later and said that it had re-stranded.
This means that we've got 4 live animals at the moment -- a dual rehab in Galveston and a dual rehab in Corpus. If any of you would be interested in volunteering, now would be a really, really, really good time.
Here are some pics of the melon-headed whale. The tarp's not up yet so they're putting zinc on it in the last picture.
If any of ya'll were the ones that called in either of these animals, "Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!"
The number's 1-800-9MAMMAL... that's for live and dead animals.
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