Dead Humpback Whale Dragged to Danish Beach for Autopsy 2 Weeks After Death
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Updated · The Associated Press · May 30
Dead Humpback Whale Dragged to Danish Beach for Autopsy 2 Weeks After Death
13 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · May 30
A dead humpback whale nicknamed “Timmy” or “Hope” was hauled onto a beach on Denmark’s Anholt island on Saturday after its carcass lay in shallow water for two weeks.
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency said an autopsy is scheduled next week to determine how the whale died after it was found dead on May 14.
The whale had drawn months of intense attention in Germany after first being spotted off the coast on March 3 and repeatedly stranding in the Baltic Sea.
That saga ended after a contentious rescue effort, including a May 2 attempt to move the animal toward the North Sea by barge so it could return to Atlantic waters.
Experts still do not know why it entered the Baltic Sea, though some said it may have followed herring or strayed during migration.
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