Marine biologists performed a necropsy Thursday on the whale that washed up alive but died minutes after being discovered.

Biologists said they usually don’t have such a fresh sample to work with. As a result, there’s been a lot of interest from researchers, locally and internationally, who want various parts of the whale.

The Smithsonian is interested in the jaw bone. A research team in Israel wants to study the barnacles on the whale. A Native American tribe nearby has expressed interest in the skeleton.

Biologists said the juvenile gray whale was emaciated and possibly disoriented because Dyes Inlet is an unusual place for gray whales to be and it's late in the migration season.

The whale was found Wednesday morning on Erlands point in front of some waterfront homes.

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On Thursday morning, biologists worked to turn the whale over so they would have better access to its organs. They tried using a ladder for leverage while the whale was still partially submerged, but it was too heavy and they examined the whale where it was.

They examined the whale's kidneys, stomach, heart and brain tissue, looking for disease.

Jamie Huggins, from Cascadia Research Collective, has studied stranded marine life for years and wants to find out what made the 2 -to- 5 year-old, emaciated whale sick.

“We do know that in some species there have been some parasites that do affect the brain. So, that's one thing that we'd be interested in looking at in this animal,” said Huggins.

Marine biologists quickly found some abnormalities in the liver and discovered the whale's blubber was about half as thick as it should have been.

The results of the necropsy will take weeks or months to come back.

Meanwhile, neighbors are being warned to keep their animals away from the whale because biologists don't know what kinds of bacteria the whale could be carrying. They also said they expect various predators, like coyotes, to pick at the carcass for a while.

The plan is to eventually take the whale to a secluded beach, so it can naturally decompose.

“We’re not going to leave it here. The homeowners don’t want it here and we totally understand that. Nobody wants a whale decomposing on their beach,” said Huggins.

However, biologists said that move probably won't happen for a couple days, during which the carcass may start to smell. They have to wait for the whale to be buoyant enough to tow, meaning it has to decompose a bit first.

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