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- VANCOUVER - Researchers
faced with more dead grey whales on the shore of Washington are trying
to determine whether the problem is too many whales or too little food.
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- They say many of the whales died with low body fat, indicating
they probably starved to death.
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- More than 150 dead grey whales have been found along
the Pacific Coast this year, including seven in British Columbia, and 24
in Washington.
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- When the seventh whale was found in B.C. in early June
a Vancouver Aquarium veterinarian said the deaths may be caused by more
than one factor. And more whales could have come ashore this year because
of extra stormy weather last winter.
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- Normally, for every whale found dead, it's estimated
there may be 10 or 20 others that never wash up on shore.
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- All of the whales have been found during the species'
annual migration north from Mexico
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