Four gray whales have been found dead in California's Bay Area within eight days

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The carcasses of four gray whales have been found around the San Francisco Bay Area in eight days -- an alarming string of deaths that constitutes an unusual mortality event, defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a significant die-off of a marine species. Necropsies performed in recent years have identified the gray whale's three most common causes of death: malnutrition, ship strikes and entanglement, Boehm said.

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