Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct information about the location of the whale that was originally provided by the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network
SUNSET BEACH, N.C. (WBTW) — A juvenile humpback whale was found dead at a North Carolina beach near the South Carolina border last week, the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network said.
The network and the UNCW Marine Mammal Network Stranding Program will work together on the 29-foot male humpback. Tests and samples will take months to finalize, but officials suspect the male met “some trauma” prior to dying.
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