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8192
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According to the Marine Mammal Stranding Network, North Carolina has the highest number of strandings, per unit length of beach, of any state along the Atlantic coast. In 2004, one hundred and thirty-nine mammals stranded on the state's coastline. Harris reports on a stranding of thirty-three pilot whales on the beach in southern Nags Head on January 15, 2005.
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9433
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While North Carolina's whaling industry ended around the start of the 20th-century, though whales, dolphins, and porpoises still inhabit the state's waters, and federal law protects them. Reeves discusses beach strandings of a number of these mammals.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 40 Issue 8, Aug 1976,
p4-6, il
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19151
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There is a marine mammal stranding along the North Carolina coast nearly every week. This article discusses what residents and tourists to the state should be aware of when they discover the stranding.
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