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Mississippi researchers nurse, study rare injured whale.
Veterinarians say a rare whale with shark bite wounds found stranded along the Mississippi coast is showing signs of improvement
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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) -- Veterinarians say a rare whale with shark bite wounds found stranded along the Mississippi coast is showing signs of improvement.
News outlets report fishermen spotted the melon-headed whale Thursday near Cat Island. Institute for Marine Mammal Studies researchers say the juvenile whale was in critical condition, with bite marks and lesions on his body.
But veterinarian Christa Barrett says he's making strides and she hopes to get him swimming and eating on his own before releasing him.
The Gulfport-based institute's director also has said researchers will test the whale to determine if his lesions are similar to those found on dolphin carcasses that washed ashore in record numbers this year. The wounds are thought to be caused by fresh water from Louisiana's Bonnet Carre Spillway.
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IN MISSISSIPPI, A RARE WHALE IS SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT AFTER RECENTLY BEING FOUND IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
LOCAL FISHERMEN SAY THEY SPOTTED THE MELON-HEADED WHALE THURSDAY, ALONG THE COAST, NEAR CAT ISLAND.
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[institute for Marine Mammal Studies]
A RESEARCH CENTER THAT STUDIES JUVINILE WHALES SAYS HE WAS COVERED IN BITE WOUNDS AND LESIONS ALL OVER HIS BODY.
RESEARCHERS QUESTION WHERE THE WOUNDS COME FROM WITH SOME SAYING IT STEMS FROMWATER FROM LOUISANA'S BONNET CARRE SPILLWAY
BUT SUCH A CASE ISN'T UNUSUAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR REGION.
WHY, YOU MAY ASK?
THE ANSWER TO THAT HAS SCIENTISTS WONDERING WHETHER THIS WHALE MAY BE THE KEY TO SOLVING THAT VERY QUESTION.
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("Our researchers will test the whale to determine if his lesions are similar to those found on dolphin carcasses that washed ashore in record numbers this year.")
[Outcue: 10 "numbers this year."]
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[institute for Marine Mammal Studies]
A VETERINARIAN SAYS HE'S CURRENTLY MAKING STRIDES AND HOPES TO GET HIM SWIMMING AND EATING ON HIS OWN BEFORE RELEASING HIM.
RESEARCHERS ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO SEEING IF THE LESIONS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE FOUND ON DOLPHIN CARCASSES THAT WASHED ASHORE THIS YEAR
THE LAST SENTENCE SHOULD LEAD INTO THE SOUNDBITE.
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("transcribe the soundbite verbatim here in lower case/sentence case")
[Outcue: 12-15 "transcribe the last few words of the sound bite here lower case."]
{MORE VO or ANCHOR ON CAM}
ONE SENTENCE TO WRAP UP THE STORY.
SOMETIMES AN ADDITIONAL SENTENCE TO PROVIDE WHERE TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
"Our researchers will test the whale to determine if his lesions are similar to those found on dolphin carcasses that washed ashore in record numbers this year."
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IN GULFPORT MISSISIPI
ANCHOR INTRO
VO
LEAD INTO SOUNDBITE
SOUNDBITE
VO
SOT
MORVEO
VO BEFORE SOT IS USUALLY 15-20 SECONDS
A SOT IS USALLY 10-15 SECONDS
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