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UPDATE: Blunt Force Trauma May Have Killed Whale

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A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

A dead humpback whale washed up at Napeague on Thursday. ELIZABETH VESPE

authorElizabeth Vespe on Jul 26, 2018
UPDATE: Friday, 5:40 p.m. Blunt force trauma, most likely from a boat, may have killed the humpback whose body was found in the surf, according to Robert DiGiovanni, chief scientist... more

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