DUXBURY, MASS. (WHDH) - A 55-foot-long fin whale washed ashore on Duxbury Beach Monday morning, officials said.

The massive mammal could be seen laying along the shore as waves crashed up against it.

Officials closed off the area as marine biologists from the New England Aquarium tend to the whale.

The whale was spotted floating in Cape Cod Bay on Sunday, according to the Cape Cod Times.

The whale’s cause of death is under investigation.

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