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Gray Whale on Pescadero Beach Received Trauma to Head, Thorax
The Marine Mammal Center has shared the results of its necropsy on the juvenile gray whale that washed up on Pescadero State Beach several days ago.
According to Jim Oswald, communications manager for the Marine Mammal Center, the that washed up on Pescadero State Beach earlier this week was a one to two-year-old female.
The Center got a call to examine the whale on Saturday, June 11, and went down to perform the necropsy the following day. Judging by its condition, the whale had died relatively recently, although its exact date of death cannot be determined.
To read the full articles on the whale originally reported and published by Half Moon Bay Patch, click for the initial report "Gray Whale Washes Ashore Pescadero State Beach" and for the results of the necropsy performed by the Marine Mammal Center.
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