The Right Whale's Entanglement

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A huge number of whales are washing up dead all along America's East Coast. Post-Mortons reveal that some die of natural causes, others from ingesting debris or were tangled in fishing line. In 40% of the post-mortem's, there was evidence of blunt force trauma or propeller wounds. So the whales are being hit by ships.

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