(CNN) An orca that became stranded on a rocky beach in Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, Thursday morning was freed with the help of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and sailors who happened to be nearby. The boat crew kept an eye on the whale until a NOAA officer and Alaska Wildlife Troopers arrived. "At times during the stranding, the killer whale was vocalizing and other killer whales were spotted in the vicinity," Fair said. The stranded orca. Bay Cetology, a Canadian conservation group, was able to determine it was a 13-year-old juvenile Bigg's killer whale they previously monitored and identified as T146D.

Source: CNN August 01, 2021 03:43 UTC