A Rare Gray Whale Was Spotted Off The Coast Of Massachusetts, Baffling Scientists Since The Species Was Thought To Have Been Extinct In The Atlantic For 200 Years

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A Rare Gray Whale Was Spotted Off The Coast Of Massachusetts, Baffling Scientists Since The Species Was Thought To Have Been Extinct In The Atlantic For 200 Years

Off the coast of Massachusetts, a gray whale has been spotted swimming through the waters around Nantucket, a small island. Experts were astonished by the event since the species was thought to have been extinct in the Atlantic Ocean for 200 years. Aquarium scientists had been conducting an aerial survey about 30 miles south of Nantucket when the whale caught their eye. They let their plane hover over the whale for 45 minutes as they captured ph…