Humpback whale carcass, Torii Station, Okinawa

2,843 views · Published 22 March 2013 · 1:28 · Indexed 20 October 2026

Channel: Stars and Stripes · 2013 · News & Politics

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Japanese researchers dissect a female humpback whale carcass that washed ashore along a U.S. Army recreational beach at Torii Station on Okinawa, Japan. The 33-foot-long whale was already dead when it was first spotted at sea. The bones will be cleaned and cured in the ground for one year before becoming specimens at the local research center at the Churaumi Aquarium.

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