Whale carcass found in central Alaska, 1,000 miles from its ocean habitat

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In this photo released by the Denali Foundation Sylvia Brunner top of the University of Alaska Museum and Willie Karidis Executive Director of the Denali Foundation measure the length of a Beluga whale found near Nenana Alaska Wednesday June 14 2006. ...
In this photo released by the Denali Foundation Sylvia Brunner, top, of the University of Alaska Museum and Willie Karidis Executive Director of the Denali Foundation measure the length of a Beluga whale found near Nenana, Alaska, Wednesday, June 14, 2006. The carcass of the whale was found by canoeists on the Tanana River seven miles upstream of Nenana on Friday. (AP Photo/Denali Foundation, Christine Karidis)

(AP) -- Scientists are mystified by the carcass of a young beluga whale found in a river in central Alaska, nearly 1,000 miles from its natural ocean habitat.


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