2 dead whales on Olympic beach may have been hit by ships
PORT ANGELES — The carcasses of two humpback whales found this summer adhering some Olympic National Park beach showed signs of being hit by ships.
A biologist for Cascadia Research of Olympia, Annie Douglas, says both whales had blunt force trauma. One carcass was examined in June and one last week near Cape Alava.
Douglas says feeding whales could have existence struck by ships off the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca
