Beluga Whale Dies at 34 of Bacterial Infection
From Times Wire Reports
A beluga whale who at 34 was one of the oldest such whales in an aquarium has died at her home in the New York Aquarium, a spokeswoman said.
Kathy the beluga had suffered from a bacterial infection and died Friday morning, aquarium spokeswoman Fran Hackett said.
Beluga whales are an arctic species known for the prominent rounded structure on the top of their heads, which is called the melon. In the wild, they typically live to be less than 30.
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