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Whale carcass washes up on popular beach
A newborn male humpback whale calf about 4.5 metres long stranded on a Sydney beach and died despite rescue efforts by responders.
The whale carcass has been removed and will be tested for H5N1 bird flu, which is harmful to marine wildlife and has recently appeared in Australia.
The cause of the whale's stranding is unknown, with possible reasons including illness, injury, separation from the mother, navigational challenges, or natural factors.
A newborn humpback whale that stranded on a Sydney beach on Thursday night died on Friday. Authorities will test its carcass for H5N1 avian influenza. The stranded whale was a male humpback juvenile, measuring approximately 4.5 meters in length. (The image shows an adult humpback whale, unrelated to this article.) (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)