Fractured ear bone cause of false killer whale’s death in Calapan

CALAPAN CITY, ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines — A necropsy conducted on a stranded false killer whale found dead along the coast of Barangay Balite here revealed a fracture in its middle ear bone, a condition that may have impaired its ability to navigate and eventually led to its repeated strandings, authorities said Wednesday. The examination was carried out on June 10 by personnel from the Provincial Veterinary Office (ProVet), in coordination with the Calapan City government, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and experts from the University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Veterinary Medicine (UPLB-CVM). The male […]... Keep on reading: Fractured ear bone cause of false killer whale’s death in Calapan

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