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| Tail of a sperm whale seen in the Bay of Fundy July 21, Laurie Murison photographer |
July 21 marked the beginning of the third summer sperm whales have been seen in the Bay of Fundy. At least two males were seen in the upper Grand Manan Basin during a whale watch. There have been squid at the wharf in North Head on Grand Manan Island since early June. A sperm whale had been seen on an aerial survey for right whales in the lower Gulf of Maine in June and these combined made it likely that sperm whales would again be seen here.
In late August a dead sperm whale was found near Bar Harbor and was towed in to be necropsied. A cause of death was not determined. Sperm whales were not seen off Grand Manan after this time and the squid that had been at the wharves also disappeared.
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