Topic - Marine Mammal Center

Tissue samples were taken from the three whales but scientists couldn't perform necropsies to determine how the whales died because the carcasses were in locations that were unsafe, inaccessible or had shifting tides, the center said.

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But experts noted the whale was in good body condition based on the blubber layer and internal fat levels, the center said.

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