The body of a majestic blue whale, a 70-foot female, was found on the Northern California coast with two gashes on her back - one that was eight feet long
She was spotted on the shore near Fort Bragg in Mendocino County hours after an ocean survey vessel reported hitting a whale a few miles away, said Joe Cordaro, a wildlife biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's marine fisheries service
Students from California State University, Humboldt, examined the wha