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Vice News: Dead Whales Are Washing Up in Droves on California's Beaches

May 16, 2019
  • Pathology

Dead Whales Are Washing Up in Droves on California’s Beaches

Published by Vice News: May 16, 2019

Huge, decomposing whale carcasses are washing ashore throughout California’s Bay Area in unprecedented numbers.

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