This whale trapped in a metal frame is swimming up the California coast
A gray whale with a metal frame caught around its head is making its way up the coast of California. No one knows exactly where the whale is or how it got entangled, but a bunch of volunteers are currently keeping their binoculars trained on the ocean to catch it. They hope to find the whale so professionals can free it before it dies, or disappears.
The animal was first spotted between San Diego and Los Angeles on Saturday April 1st, and it is expected to make an appearance near San Francisco between Friday and Saturday, according to calculations by Peggy Stap, executive director of the non-profit Monterey Bay Marine Life Studies. She is also co-founder of the Whale Entanglement Team — a volunteer group of spotters and certified…
