The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response team is performing post-death exams on two dolphins that washed up in Virginia Beach on Friday.
Kristina Scott, public relations manager for the Virginia Aquarium, said the team was notified of the two dolphins Friday afternoon: one in Sandbridge and the other in Chic’s Beach. Both animals were deceased when they were reported.
Response team members collected the dolphins and took them back to the Darden Marine Animal Conservation Center for testing.
Currently, it is unclear what may have killed the dolphins, but Scott said the team will perform postmortem exams and assessments to determine cause of death.
Eliza Noe, eliza.noe@virginiamedia.com
