Humpback whale remains wash ashore near Carpinteria, California

The director of the Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit (CICRU) pronounced like “sea crew” said a juvenile humpback whale washed ashore on Padaro Beach. After beachgoers spotted it in the water on Saturday, Heal the Ocean gave whale expert Michelle Kowalewski a call. She went to take a closer look during low tide on Monday morning. “It didn’t look like there was evidence of human interaction, we didn’t see any evidence of ship strike or anything like that, so we may never know what happened to the animal actually,” said Kowalewski, who has researched hundreds of whales.