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Death Of Humpback Whale Found Off Montauk Seems To Fit A Recent Pattern

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A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

it was brought to shore for a necropsy. KYRIL BROMLEY

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

A deceased humpback whale was found off the shore of Montauk on Wednesday. On Friday afternoon

it was brought to shore for

it was brought to shore for

authorElizabeth Vespe on Jul 30, 2019
A 30-foot dead humpback whale was found floating in the ocean off Montauk last week in the midst of an “ongoing unusual mortality event” for humpbacks along the Atlantic Coast.... more

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