Two conjoined gray whale calves, discovered Monday are considered a rarity the Voice of Russia reported Thursday.
Fishers found the species unconscious upon arrival at the Ojo de Liebre lagoon in Mexico the Voice of Russia reported.
The National Natural Protected Areas Commission confirmed the finding Monday. The body of water leads into the Baja California peninsula area of the Pacific Ocean the Voice of Russia reported.
One thousand two hundred gray whales were found in the region between 2012 and 2013 the Voice of Russia reported.
A video posted on YouTube on Christmas Eve called "Fukushima hits San Francisco sparked an investigation to see if any radiation existed in the area the Voice of Russia reported. None was believed to be there.
"Recent tests show that elevated levels of radiation at Half Moon Bay are due to naturally occurring materials and not radioactivity associated with the Fukushima incident," Wendy Hopkins, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Public Health told Voice of Russia. "There is no public health risk at California beaches due to radioactivity related to events at Fukushima," Hopkins told Voice of Russia.
Researchers calculated the radiation levels by the coast of San Mateo County, and did not discover anything harmful to life the Voice of Russia reported.
"The radionuclides are in the NORM class of radioactive substances, not from Fukushima," Dan Sythe, CEO at International Medcom told the Voice of Russia.
"The levels detected are about five to 10 times what you would normally expect to find on a beach," Sythe told the Voice of Russia. "But if the sand were contaminated by radiation from Fukushima it would show cesium-137 which is reported to be the major health concern in Fukushima.
An individual uses a Geiger or device utilized to find radiation in the video the Voice of Russia reported.
