Experts: Whale Died of Heart Failure

March 1, 2008

In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, marine mammal rescue volunteers Bob Coakley, left, and Lloyd Brown, right, closely examine a pygmy sperm whale at the Marine Mammal Conservancy Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, in Key Largo, Fla. The 10-foot-long male, estimated to weigh 1,000 pounds, was discovered stranded off the Florida Keys early Saturday, Feb. 23, and was subsequently transported to the Conservancy for care. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Bob Care)

(AP) -- Preliminary results of a necropsy show that a pygmy sperm whale found stranded off the Florida Keys died of heart failure, marine mammal experts said.

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• Sophos - Mar 03, 2008
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  WOW so mercury is the single cause of every beached whale, and all the WWII soldiers who scuttled subs should be locked up?
  
  You know people like greenpeace would have a lot more credibility if you reigned in the nut cases
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• DrPhysics - Mar 04, 2008
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  And are we to believe the mercury in the vaccines causes autism and that is on purpose as well? What have YOU been ingesting?
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