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Do We Need To Save the Whales Again?

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The Unusual Mortality Event

The official name for an unusual number of dead animals washing up is "unusual mortality event" Scientists can't confirm what's causing it, but many seem to have been killed through interaction with humans. To really verify what's killed the whale, Joy and a team have to dig inside the body of the whale itself. But ship strikes don't always tell the whole story.

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