Necropsy performed on stranded humpback whale in Moriches Bay
A necropsy was performed Monday on a female juvenile humpback that was stranded on a sandbar in Moriches Bay last week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a team of Long Island
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Nov 29, 2016, 4:22 AM
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Updated 2,944 days ago
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A necropsy was performed Monday on a female juvenile humpback that was stranded on a sandbar in Moriches Bay last week.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a team of Long Island marine biologists dissected and took samples of the 15-ton whale, looking for clues as to why it ended up where it did.
NOAA says preliminary results should be available by the end of the week, but a full report may take four weeks to complete after blood and tissue samples are examined in a lab.
The whale was expected to be buried after the necropsy.
An online petition is calling for changes to be made to the response effort when situations such as a whale stranding occur.
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