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Mar 26, 2009 1:00 pm US/Eastern

60 Right Whales Spotted In Cape Cod Bay

PROVINCETOWN (AP) ― Marine biologists have spotted a record 60 North Atlantic right whales feeding in Cape Cod Bay this spring.

Officials with the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies tell the Cape Cod Times that that is six times the number of endangered whales spotted at this time last year.

Right whale habitat specialist Charles Mayo says the whales, spotted well offshore by aerial surveys, come to the bay to feed on zooplankton, which are in abundant supply this spring.

He says it's still too early to tell whether the whales will remain until the late spring like they did last year, when 70 to 100 of the marine mammals frolicked and fed in Cape Cod waters in April.

Experts estimate there are only about 300 to 400 right whales left in the world.

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