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In this April 12 photo taken by Lisa Sette on Stellwagen Bank off of Massachusetts, a right whale known as “Kleenex” is entangled in fishing gear. Rescuers were working to disentangle the whale, which is a member of one of the rarest species of marine mammal in the world. Photo is copyright Center for Coastal Studies. (Lisa Sette/Center for Coastal Studies via AP)

Mission to untangle female right whale highlights species’ precarious plight

Removing a thick fishing rope from a highly fertile whale’s jaw was a priority for scientists who fear the species may be in terminal decline.  

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