Last word is the two adults died and no one has seen the juvenile. Very said. They must have gotten sick and it messed up their sonar.
http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-biologists-report-first-sightings-of-orcas-in-nushagak-river-20111006,0,3285419.story.
This is an extremely rare event.
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Some of you may remember another whale getting stuck up a river. The children's book about it is one of our favorites. Humphrey survived, so it's a very uplifting story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_the_Whale
Published on October 10, 2011 12:19