Two North Atlantic right whales, among the most at-risk marine mammals, were spotted swimming in the Bahamas on April 15, marking the first time the species has been seen in the nation’s waters. “That moment for me was breathtaking, and I couldn’t fully gather myself. I thought it was fake at first,” Isaac Ellis, a […]
  • Jim East@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Hamilton added that it’s also unusual for two North Atlantic right whales to stick together unless they’re mother and calf, which Koala and Curlew are not. Researchers have been tracking Koala since her birth in 2009 and Curlew since hers in 2011; the pair have been seen swimming together for the last several months.

    The reason for this will probably never be known except to those two whales, but… it’s possible that some whales are gay. And that’s okay.