Not exact matches
The
whale was towed ashore for a
necropsy.
A
necropsy on the Malibu
whale showed it had suffered crushed vertebrae and bleeding consistent with a ship strike.
They are responsible for performing
necropsies to determine the cause of death of stranded
whales.
The purpose of a
necropsy is to gather information about the
whale and to try to determine its cause of death.
In 2007, museum staff conducted on - site
necropsy work on three of the stranded
whales in order to confirm vessel collision as cause of death.
The results of the
necropsies (the animal equivalent of autopsies) of 13 of those
whales, which beached in Germany, near the town of Tönning in Schleswig - Holstein, have just been released.