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Posted: 5:55 PM Oct 27, 2009
Blue Whale Carcass Proving Hard To Remove
A team of scientists, volunteers and students are enduring the overwhelming stench from a rotting whale carcass as they work to remove it from a Mendocino County beach.
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FORT BRAGG, Calif. (AP) - A team of scientists, volunteers and students are enduring the overwhelming stench from a rotting whale carcass as they work to remove it from a Mendocino County beach.
The body of an 80-ton, 72-foot blue whale washed ashore Oct. 19 near Fort Bragg. The animal was mortally wounded when it tried to surface under an ocean survey vessel.
On Tuesday, workers cut into the carcass so they could remove the pieces and bury them for decomposition. Humboldt State University professors also have been collecting tissue, organs and fluids from the animal, a federally protected species, for research.
Once the body is decomposed, researchers hope to salvage the skeleton so it can someday be displayed in Fort Bragg.
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