Latest: Sperm whale’s slow death trapped in maze-like Japanese bay raises alarm over impact of global warming
Tokyo — The slow demise of a stray whale that spent its last days circling Osaka Bay not only saddened TV viewers across Japan, it also alarmed cetacean experts who called the whale the latest casualty of a warming planet. "Whales used to lose their way every three years or so," Yasunobu Nabeshima, a visiting researcher at the Osaka Museum of Natural History, told CBS News. "Until now it was a rare phenomenon. But these incidents have increased."
A file photo shows a sperm whale swimming near the Ogasawara Islands, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan.
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This month's tragedy marked the second case in as many years.
Nabeshima said global warming ...
