PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- Susan Barco, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center stranding response coordinator, attempts to tie a heavy-duty line to a dead 45-foot sei whale so it can be pulled 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 Bl

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- Susan Barco, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center stranding response coordinator, attempts to tie a heavy-duty line to a dead 45-foot sei whale so it can be pulled 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-OI229-008 by norfolkdistrict

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