A necropsy is underway after a dead dolphin washed up on the shore of a Baldwin County beach Monday morning.
The dead bottlenose dolphin was discovered on North Beach in Fairhope, according to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, which studies marine life and educates the public.
While there is a possibility there was a “freshwater issue” that led to the dolphin’s death, a Sea Lab official told AL.com, the necropsy will determine how the dolphin died.
The Sea Lab said it would have further results of the necropsy Tuesday morning, but the full results could take several weeks.
Cristina Diaz-Clark with the Sea Lab’s Marine Mammal Research Program told Fox 10 the organization fields between 50 to 60 calls a year on dolphins washing up on Alabama beaches.
“We do have some hot spots, but we always ask everyone to make sure that they’re keeping a lookout because they can always end up anywhere that there’s water but definitely, this side of the bay’s a hot spot,” she said. “Dauphin Island’s a hot spot. Orange Beach can be a hot spot. It just depends on the time of year.”
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