Songs To Lure Wayward Whales Toward Home
May 18, 2007 @ 09:35 AM (EST)
Source: Philly.com
The recorded siren songs of humpback whales played from a Coast Guard cutter Thursday as biologists tried to lure an injured whale and her calf out of a shipping channel and back toward the Pacific Ocean, 90 miles away.
It could take weeks to get the two whales back where they belong, scientists said. Still, hundreds of people lined the river banks to watch the progress Thursday morning...
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