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.
A massive whale has washed up on a beach in Duxbury https://t.co/Mv9BcLU3eK #7News pic.twitter.com/S7am84P7Od
— 7News Boston WHDH (@7News) August 20, 2018
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.
— Duxbury Police (@Duxbury_Police) August 20, 2018
NE Aquarium staff on hand at Duxbury Beach. pic.twitter.com/HtgIxGW1UU
— Duxbury Police (@Duxbury_Police) August 20, 2018
A whale has washed ashore on Duxbury Beach this morning. Immediate area of the first crossover is closed. Please stay away so Marine Biologists and Duxbury officials tend to the matter. pic.twitter.com/9boIRgRpFm
— Duxbury Police (@Duxbury_Police) August 20, 2018
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