Nature World: A dead minke whale that had washed up on the Jew Jersey Shore last month has been confirmed as a victim of cetacean morbillivirus – a virus that has been causing an alarming number of strandings on the East Coast since last year. The lab confirmation was announced by Bob Schoelkopf, chief of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, according to local reports. The whale, which washed up under an Atlantic City pier on May 1, tested positive for the same virus that has been causing nearly…

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