The whale is the second whale to wash up on the southern Maine coast in the past couple of weeks

By Dennis Hoey
Staff Writer

Sunday, June 3, 2012

SCARBOROUGH — A dead whale has washed ashore on one of southern Maine’s most popular swimming beaches.

The Scarborough Police Department said it received several reports on Sunday of a dead whale that washed up on Pine Point Beach. The whale is located on the beach at the end of Oak Street.

Pine Point Beach is located in Scarborough, a few miles north of Old Orchard Beach.

A phone call placed to Marine Mammals of Maine, a non-profit volunteer organization that responds to strandings and reports of dead animals on southern Maine beaches, was not returned Sunday night.

Last month, a dead Minke whale washed up onto rocks near Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth. It is not known what type of whale came ashore at Pine Point Beach.

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Storm washes up whales along coast of Maine *VIDEO*

 4:33 PM, Jun 4, 2012

(NEWS CENTER) — The storm has brought more than just floodwaters… The high winds mixed with an astronomical high tide have washed up unwanted parts of the ocean.

Public Works crews in Old Orchard Beach had to remove a dead whale from their shore Monday morning, after the tide washed it up from Scarborough.

They buried it in the town’s landfill to avoid any chance of it being sucked out only to be pushed back in.

About a month ago, a whale washed … *VIDEO*

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