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This photo provided by OneWhale.org on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, shows manager Regina Haug next to the carcass of the beluga whale Hvaldimir, who was found dead on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.

This photo provided by OneWhale.org on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, shows manager Regina Haug next to the carcass of the beluga whale Hvaldimir, who was found dead on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.

This photo provided by OneWhale.org on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, shows the skin surface of the carcass of the beluga whale Hvaldimir, who was found dead on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.

This photo provided by OneWhale.org on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, shows the skin surface of the carcass of the beluga whale Hvaldimir, who was found dead on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024.

FILE - In this photo taken in April 2019 a beluga whale found in Arctic Norway is fed. (Jorgen Ree Wiig, Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries via AP)

FILE - In this photo taken in April 2019 a beluga whale found in Arctic Norway is fed. (Jorgen Ree Wiig, Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries via AP)

FILE - In this photo taken in April 2019 a beluga whale found in Arctic Norway swims next to a vessel. (Jorgen Ree Wiig, Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries via AP)

FILE - In this photo taken in April 2019 a beluga whale found in Arctic Norway swims next to a vessel. (Jorgen Ree Wiig, Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries via AP)