Last week, a dog was rescued from a quarry in Connecticut after having survived a 50-foot fall. In a Facebook post, the North Canaan Animal Shelter touched upon the rescue of a Terrier mix named Rippy. The pup had been lost for days and was luckily heard by a man passing the quarry. Dog rescued […]
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50-foot sea creature washes up on Delaware shore. But rescue proves too ‘treacherous’
On the morning of Sunday, May 5, a member of the second largest ocean species lay at the water’s edge in Delaware. It was a 50-foot sub-adult fin whale, a species rarely seen near shore. But something was very wrong. “The whale is extremely emaciated which indicates a long-term underlying condition,” the Marine Education, Research […]
50-foot fin whale beached, likely dying at Delaware Seashore State Park on Sunday
A fin whale that beached itself at Delaware Seashore State Park on Sunday morning is likely dying. A crowd of 30 or so people watched the whale from behind caution tape erected by the nonprofit Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute around 2 p.m. Sunday. It thrashed its tail as people quietly urged it on, […]
Controversial study claims megalodon didn’t look like a 50-foot giant great white shark
Megalodon, the biggest shark to have ever lived, may not have looked like an uber great white shark as is generally assumed — but instead may have been longer and thinner, scientists have revealed. By reanalyzing the incomplete spine of a fossilized megalodon (Otodus megalodon) held at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (IRSNB) […]