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Cause of Death for Beached Whale in Brigantine Announced
Cause of Death for Beached Whale in Brigantine Announced
Cause of Death for Beached Whale in Brigantine Announced
Results of a necropsy conducted on the humpback whale that washed up in Brigantine last week indicate that the whale died due to blunt force trauma most likely caused by a vessel strike. That conclusion was announced Sunday by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, which was part of the necropsy team. In a relea...
Marine Mammal S.C. Asks For Help Watching for Injured Whale
Marine Mammal S.C. Asks For Help Watching for Injured Whale
Marine Mammal S.C. Asks For Help Watching for Injured Whale
Brigantine's Marine Mammal Stranding Center is asking for help watching for an injured Humpback whale that was last seen Tuesday off the the New Jersey coast. In a post Wednesday on Facebook, MMSC says they received a report about the injured Humpback whale with a severed fluke - the whale's tail - which they suspect happened in a run-in with a large ship...

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