Whale carcass found in Pacifica near Sharp Park Beach

A dead whale was found between Mori Point and Sharp Park Beach in Pacifica. 

A dead whale was found in Pacifica between Mori Point and Sharp Park Beach. 

The Marine Mammal Center first received reports of a whale carcass in "an advanced state of decomposition," Saturday, Giancarlo Rulli, Marketing and Communications Associate of the center, said. 

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Staff from the California Academy of Sciences was on site Sunday to check if there would be a better location to conduct a necropsy or animal autopsy, Rulli said. 

The cause of death is unknown.