Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Beached Killer Whale at Brennecke's Beach

A killer whale beached itself on Brennecke's Beach today in Poipu, Kauai. Here is a photo taken just after it passed away. A crane is pulling the whale out of the water.
From Killer Whale at Brennecke's Beach

2 comments:

Auntie's Steph's Face Painting ! said...

we live on island and i can't believe that a killer whale is in hawaii We see humpback whales but not killer whales could this be due that water temputures in Alaska are too warm. The whole event is deeply remorseful for my whole family. Our ocean animals are getting ruined by the greed of mankind.

Michael Armstrong said...

They are not very common around here but they are seen here every once in a while. The killer whale is thought to have followed a few humpback wales here to the islands since humpback whale season is just starting and killer whales sometimes prey on baby humpbacks. So its most likely not global warming.