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Dead Humpback Whale Floats Into Shinnecock Bay; Blunt Force Trauma Is the Likely Cause of Death

Dead Humpback Whale Floats Into Shinnecock Bay
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Dead Humpback Whale Floats Into Shinnecock Bay

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. The whale was beached to the west of the inlet so a necropsy could be performed. It will then be buried. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. The whale was beached to the west of the inlet so a necropsy could be performed. It will then be buried. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. The whale was beached to the west of the inlet so a necropsy could be performed. It will then be buried. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. The whale was beached to the west of the inlet so a necropsy could be performed. It will then be buried. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. The whale was beached to the west of the inlet so a necropsy could be performed. It will then be buried. DANA SHAW

A decomposing male humpback whale floated into Shinnecock Bay through the Shinnecock Inlet and had to be towed back out on Thursday afternoon. The whale was beached to the west of the inlet so a necropsy could be performed. It will then be buried. DANA SHAW

Kitty Merrill on Jun 2, 2023
Preliminary indications following a necropsy performed on the 47-foot-long male humpback whale that floated through the Shinnecock Inlet and into Shinnecock Bay on Thursday, June 1, show blunt force trauma... more

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