PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Norfolk District, Army Corps of Engineers employees use an excavator to pull a dead 45-foot sei whale onshore for a necropsy here Aug. 22, 2014. The whale spent a week swimming in the Elizabeth River’s Southern Branch and eventual perished. Through its mandate of keeping the federal navigation channels clear of damaging debris, the Norfolk District, Army Corps of Engineers, assisted in the necropsy by using heavy equipment and burying the remains at its Craney Island facility. ( Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood) 140822-A-OI229-007 by norfolkdistrict

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