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UPDATE: Dead Whale Spotted Off Bethany Beach, MERR Says It Was Hit by Ship

MERR found blunt-force injuries on the 32-foot whale consistent with a ship strike while alive; the whale was buried on the beach to aid the ecosystem, officials said.

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UPDATE: A postmortem necropsy performed by MERR determined the whale had bleeding under its skin - subdermal hemorrhaging - and a broken jaw on the right side, often associated with a large ship strike.

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UPDATE: Dead whale spotted off Bethany Beach, MERR says it was hit by ship

UPDATE: A postmortem necropsy performed by MERR determined the whale had bleeding under its skin - subdermal hemorrhaging - and a broken jaw on the right side, often associated with a large ship strike.

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UPDATE: MERR crews determine humpback whale nicknamed 'Oil Change' likely died from large ship strike

A young 32-foot humpback whale that washed ashore near Bethany Beach likely died from a large ship strike, according to MERR.

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