Dolphin murderers discovered off California Coast

From Cliff Thies:

Porpicide ... that's what they call it when the dolphins start killing the porpoises, and there's a killing spree going on just now, off the coast of California. Marine biologists can't explain it. In the dying words of one porpoise who washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay area, eke-eke, eke-eke-eke, which is, you know, porpoise for "can't we all just get along."

From SFGate:

The harbor porpoise that washed ashore last month at San Francisco's Fort Funston was clearly a victim of foul play.

It had two badly broken jawbones, fractured ribs on both sides and a broken scapula, evidence of a sadistic attack. Worst of all, the female porpoise, which had been seen twice before and identified by researchers in Monterey Bay, was lactating when she was killed, according to marine biologists.

It was a clear case of what scientists are calling "porpicide," the deliberate slaying of a harbor porpoise by a surprising and, to most people, unlikely culprit.

"We suspect that it was a bottlenose dolphin," said Bill Keener, a harbor porpoise researcher for the Bay Area chapter of the American Cetacean Society

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