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Wild beluga whale seen in Tacoma waters for first time since 1940
Last edited Thu Oct 7, 2021, 01:39 PM - Edit history (1)
Oct. 6—A lone beluga whale, far from its Alaskan home, has been swimming in Puget Sound waters off Tacoma this week and whale experts don't know why.
The Orca Network confirmed the white whale was a beluga after boater Jason Rogers shot video of it in Commencement Bay Sunday. It was near a barge stacked with smashed automobiles. Other reports put the whale off the shores of Point Defiance Park and Fox Island.
"While exciting, there is great concern for this beluga who is far from home, and being a social animal concern they are alone and away from their pod," wrote the Orca Network on its Facebook page.
On Monday, the white whale was spotted in the waters off Seattle.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wild-beluga-whale-seen-in-tacoma-waters-for-first-time-since-1940/ar-AAPd8WI
There used to be one at the Seattle Aquarium back in the 70s.
