Seventy-Foot Blue Whale Washes Up on California Shore
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Highway 101 traffic backed up for miles as motorists slowed and even stopped to look at the carcass of a 70-foot blue whale floating offshore.
Authorities have been tracking the southbound whale carcass floating through the Santa Barbara Channel for days. It was expected to eventually wash up on a Ventura beach.
On Thursday, motorists on Highway 101 got to look at the carcass as it drifted by. That evening, traffic was backed up for several miles.
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Should it hit the beach, a necropsy will be conducted, said Easter Moorman of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Several agencies statewide have expressed interest in taking part in the examination, she said.