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A gray whale extinct from the Atlantic for more than 200 years was spotted off New England last week in an “incredibly rare event,” the New England Aquarium said. The whale was spotted Friday 30 miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, diving and resurfacing, appearing to feed, the aquarium said in a news release. The aquarium’s aerial survey team circled the whale’s area for about 45 minutes and took photos, and it later confirmed it was indeed a rare gray whale.
The species had disappeared from the Atlantic Ocean by the 18th century, in part because of whaling, the aquarium said. However, five have been observed in the Atlantic and Mediterranean waters in the last 15 years, including a sighting in December off Florida. The aquarium said scientists believe the gray whale they spotted is the same one sighted in Florida late last year. So why are the sightings happening now? Scientists say climate change plays a part.
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