Whale calf covered in killer whale bites washes ashore on the Oregon Coast

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The carcass of a gray whale calf covered in killer whale bite marks washed up onto Tish-A-Tang Beach in Bandon on April 6.

Oregon State University Stranding Program Manager Jim Rice told KOIN 6 News that the calf “clearly succumbed to killer whale predation.”

• The whale carcass washed up in Bandon. (Photos courtesy of Jim Rice with Oregon State University.)

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