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Whale Suffered Tragic Accident Before Washing Up On Jersey Shore, Experts Say Whale Suffered Tragic Accident Before Washing Up On Jersey Shore, Experts Say
Whale Suffered Tragic Accident Before Washing Up On Jersey Shore, Experts Say A 32-foot whale had been actively feeding and was in good condition before she washed up last week on the Jersey Shore with blunt-force injuries, leading experts to believe she had been struck by a boat. The female whale found on the North End Natural Area in Brigantine on Thursday, Jan. 12, "suffered blunt trauma injuries consistent with those from a vessel strike," the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said citing results of a necropsy.  "Injuries and hemorrhaging were observed on the head and thoracic region, as well as along the right side and the pectoral fl…

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by Cecilia Levine