A necropsy has been performed on a young whale with significant trauma from boat propeller strikes that was located in shallow water off Holgate earlier this month. On Wednesday, Oct. 22, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center reported the humpback had been towed to an inland location the day before, and the animal autopsy was undertaken with the assistance of stranding network partner Atlantic Marine Conservation Society and Cornell University.

“The whale was confirmed to be a juvenile female measuring 29 ft. in length,” MMSC noted.