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A dead gray whale found near Pier 80 in San Francisco last week was killed by a vessel strike, The Marine Mammal Center announced Wednesday.

Scientists were alerted to the dead adult male gray whale on June 4. After it was towed to Angel Island State Park, teams conducted a necropsy, or animal autopsy.

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