TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WSAV) — Two melon-headed whales stranded in December, one on Tybee Island and the other on Sea Island, marking the first documented strandings on Georgia’s coast.
The Georgia Marine Mammal Stranding Network, which the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) coordinates, said that the first whale was reported on Tybee Island on Dec. 26 by Tybee Island Public Works.
The whale was initially identified as a pygmy killer whale but was later updated to a melon-headed whale based on the head and flipper shape…