Breadcrumb Home Ocean Life http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/goose-beaked-whale-post-mortem Goose-Beaked Whale Post-Mortem photo Goose-Beaked Whale Post-Mortem (Chip Clark / Smithsonian Institution) Charles Potter (left) and Dr. James Mead of the Smithsonian perform a post-mortem examination on a goose-beaked whale specimen sent to them by colleagues at Portland State University. Tags: Whales Smithsonian scientists Scientists at work