MENDOCINO, CA, 8/3/22 – A deceased sperm whale that washed ashore in Mendocino a few days ago sank to the seafloor while scientists attempted to tow it to a beach on Tuesday, according to an update from the Noyo Center for Marine Science.
Noyo Center representatives told The Mendocino Voice Monday they hoped to conduct a partial necropsy to determine the endangered whale’s cause of death, and even to collect the whale’s skull to display in an exhibit.
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