The Aporia · Humpback whale spotted in California river, traveling 60 miles from Pacific Ocean

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When Denny Glover went fishing with buddies on the Sacramento River, he was hoping for a solid catch, but he certainly was not expecting to encounter a fully grown humpback whale. asserted

he → go → whale

Glover spotted the whale surfacing on Wednesday while fishing for salmon and striped bass from a 21-foot (6.4-meter) boat, which is less than half the size of the animal. asserted

which → spot → animal

He recorded video footage as the whale broke the surface in California's largest river, roughly 60 miles (97 kilometers) away from its typical Pacific Ocean environment. asserted

whale → record → environment

"One of the guys on the boat, he said, ‘I see a whale.’ asserted

I → say → whale

He saw the spout," Glover said. asserted

Glover → see → spout

"At first we didn't believe it. asserted

we → believe → it

We thought he had mistaken a dolphin or a porpoise. asserted

he → think → dolphin

Then we saw the spout again, and there's no mistaking a whale spout." asserted

we → see → spout

This unusual inland journey has attracted widespread attention from marine scientists who want to determine its health condition and understand how it ended up so far from the open sea. asserted

it → attract → sea

The whale entered San Francisco Bay earlier in the week and has been moving east into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California's largest river delta, the Marine Mammal Center said in a statement. asserted

Center → enter → statement

The center, based in Sausalito, confirmed its cetacean team is preparing to evaluate and monitor the creature. asserted

team → base → creature

Members of the public should refrain from interacting with the whale or attempting to change its course, warned Kathi George, the center's director of cetacean conservation biology. asserted

George → refrain → biology

"While it’s unknown whether this whale is just passing through or if there is an underlying, unknown ailment, the best thing people can do is experience this adult whale’s presence from a respectful distance," George said. asserted

George → ’ → distance

Researchers recognize the whale via a photo identification catalog and have documented the individual 15 times across the past 24 years, according to the center. uncertain

Researchers → recognize → center

Before this week, its most recent documented sighting took place in Baja California in February. asserted

sighting → document → February

Scientists have not established whether the whale is male or female. asserted

whale → establish → ?

Neither the California Department of Fish and Wildlife nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provided comment regarding this week's sighting. asserted

Department → provide → sighting

The creature is not the first whale to travel so deep inland. asserted

creature → travel → ?

Back in 1985, a humpback nicknamed Humphrey spent several weeks around Rio Vista before finding its way back to the ocean, The Marine Mammal Center said. asserted

Center → nickname → ocean

A mother-calf pair known as Delta and Dawn also spent nearly three weeks in the Sacramento River Delta in 2007 before departing. asserted

pair → know → 2007

Those whales eventually navigated back to sea, the center said. asserted

center → navigate → sea

Humpback whales count among the largest creatures on Earth, capable of weighing up to 80,000 pounds (35,287 kilograms). asserted

whales → count → pounds

They are renowned for their elaborate underwater songs and dramatic lunges at the surface of the water, a behavior called breaching. asserted

They → renowne → water

Witnessing the whale so far upriver was an incredible thrill, Glover noted, adding that the animal appeared to be in good health despite being far from home. asserted

animal → witness → home

"It came up and went down in fairly regular intervals," he said. asserted

he → come → intervals

"It was moving along at a fair clip. asserted

It → move → clip

It wasn't acting erratically other than that it was upstream in a freshwater river." asserted

it → act → river

Humpback whale spotted in California river, traveling 60 miles from Pacific Ocean

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