Balaenoptera acutorostrata (minke whale) - NEAQ-12-046-Ba

Abstract

Balaenoptera acutorostrata (minke whale) -NEAQ-12-046-Ba - female - 7.2 m - Pelvic location - Trustees of Reservation A very fresh 23.6-foot (720 cm), sub-adult female with numerous rope marks and severe underlying bruising washed ashore on Crane Beach, Ipswich, MA. A necropsy was conducted the following day and the entire skeleton was salvaged. All the bones were salvaged, and none were found to be broken. The stomach was full of herring indicating a sudden death. The skeleton shows damage that may be consistent with Brucella. The skeleton was given to the Trustees of Reservations to be articulated and displayed in a new visitor�s center scheduled, but now on hold, to be built at Crane Beach.