A young humpback whale recently washed up on a Ventura beach, one of several found dead during a severe domoic acid outbreak along the California coast.
A team that included the Channel Islands Cetacean Research Unit and Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute examined the juvenile female on April 24, the day after the whale was first spotted near Surfers Point.
The necropsy showed signs of muscle bruising consistent with blunt force trauma, said Michael Milstein, a public affairs officer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . That could mean the 26-foot whale was struck by a boat…