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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: London Whale Died of Dehydration, Autopsy Shows


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Veterinarians from the Zoological Society of London prepare for an autopsy of a bottlenose whale that recently swam through London in the River Thames.

Test results released today suggest that dehydration was among the factors that contributed to the whale's death.

Photograph courtesy Zoological Society of London