Mmir03 NY49792014 0002

CSI Facility Director Dr. Darlene Ketten performs an ear extraction on a male True's Beaked Whale calf head. This animal stranded (specimen data) along the coast of Long Island, NY in January 2014. The mother of this male calf stranded (specimen data) the previous day. Specimen courtesy of Kimberly Durham, Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation.