Tooth-Marked Gray Whale Found on Oregon Beach, Signs Point to Killer Whale Attack

A deceased gray whale calf was found on a beach in Bandon, Oregon (Jim Rice, Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network)

This week, the carcass of a gray whale calf, bearing tooth marks across its body, was discovered washed up on an Oregon beach.

Jim Rice, Program Manager of the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network, shared with USA TODAY that he was alerted on Tuesday about the 20-foot-long gray whale calf that had come ashore at Tish-A-Tang Beach in Bandon, Oregon.

Bandon, situated in southern Oregon along the Pacific coast, is approximately 140 miles southwest of Eugene.

The calf displayed extensive tooth marks and “significant trauma to the lower jaw

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