Baby humpback whale found dead near Tokyo Bay, Japan (VIDEO) PICS

January 5th, 2012
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TV Asahi Headline: Odawara, Kanagawa coast humpback whale of 6m length

Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture on the coast, found that the whale was launched about six meters long. ?? Around 6:00 yesterday morning, was from a man to fish, “which was launched in the beach whale,” and there were 110 reported. The whale is about 6 m in length, was already dead. According to experts, seen as a male humpback whale, is that after a few days after death. ?? Technical Assistant National Science Museum, Masayuki Ishii, “probably … Continue …

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Dead humpback whale calf on the beach in Odawara, Japan

Thu, Jan 5th, 2012 | Marine Life, Research

Early on 2 January, a baby humpback whale washed up on the beach in Odawara, which is about 60km south of where I am in Japan.

Yesterday, I travelled to the site to meet friends from the scientific community, who were planning to perform an autopsy to try to ascertain the cause of death. As it turned out, the local authorities didn’t have the proper equipment available to handle the whale, so the autopsy had to be postponed for a few days.

Fortunately, it’s the middle of winter here, so the carcass will keep to some extent, but the laws of nature dictate that additional deterioration will occur by the time dissection takes place.

Also, the cetacean pathologists will be at a meeting outside of Japan …

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