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A 40-foot long gray whale was towed to Angel Island by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday for examination by biologists. The whale washed up near Crown Beach in Alameda over the weekend and was located by the corps of engineers on Monday morning. The Marine Mammal Center says the whale was an adult female, and the official cause of death is still unknown. Scientists believe the whale’s migration patterns may be changing as they are staying longer off the coast of the Bay Area due to the abundance of food.

A female gray whale, measuring approximately 40 feet in length, washed up on a beach in Alameda on Saturday night, marking the first whale death reported in the San Francisco Bay Area this year. The whale initially floated off the coast of Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach but was later found floating freely with the tide. Cal Academy, which initially reported the whale, collected blubber samples and measurements via boat. A necropsy will be conducted at Angel Island State Park to determine the cause of death.