A younger humpback whale washed ashore in Lengthy Seashore on Monday morning — with authorities now working to find out why it died, in accordance with police.
“Early this morning, a juvenile humpback whale was found washed ashore at Roosevelt seashore,” Lengthy Seashore police stated in a Fb publish. “The Metropolis is involved with our Federal and State companions. A necropsy can be carried out later this morning adopted by burial.
“Please keep away from the world to permit the varied businesses to conduct their work.”
The whale, which is an estimated 30 toes lengthy, has already began to attract gawkers, in accordance with a publish on X by News12 Lengthy Island reporter Kurt Semder.
The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society stated the whale is certainly one of a number of who’ve washed up on Lengthy Island seashores in latest weeks, together with a minke whale that washed up in Oyster Bay over the weekend, in accordance with a Fb publish.
One other humpback washed up in Napeague on Dec. 17, the group added.
There’s an ongoing investigation into the elevated variety of minke whale deaths since 2017,” the society additionally stated in a latest publish on Fb.
“When you come throughout a sick, injured or deceased whale, dolphin, seal or sea turtle, it is very important report the animal to the NYS Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Hotline at (631)- 369-9829.”
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