27-foot adult male Dead Minke whale Cape Elizabeth, Maine *UPDATE*VIDEO*
May 17, 2012
Written by Ken Christian
WCSH 6 News
WLBZ 2 News
South Portland
CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it won’t be able to determine a cause of death for a whale found dead on the rocks near Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth.
NOAA officials said the 27-foot adult male Minke whale has been dead for several weeks, but just washed up on the shore at Two Lights State Park either Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. NOAA said the body was too badly decomposed to determine a cause of death.
According to park officials, two people working on a house near the park first spotted the whale early Thursday morning.
NOAA said there are no plans to remove the whale from its current location, and that it will let it wash back out into the ocean. …
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Experts say it will likely never be known why the minke whale died at sea before it floated ashore.
By Dennis Hoey [email protected]
Staff Writer
The carcass of a 27-foot-long minke whale that washed up on the shores of Cape Elizabeth will remain on the town’s rocky shoreline until the ocean washes it out to sea.
The carcass of a minke whale washed up Thursday on the rocky shoreline near Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth.
Marine mammal experts, who inspected the whale’s carcass, said it is too decomposed to take tissue samples.
It will likely never be known why the whale died at sea and floated onto the rocks near Two Lights State Park.
Lynda Doughty, executive director of the newly formed Marine Mammals of Maine, said her agency was notified by a state park ranger around 10 a.m. Thursday.
Doughty estimated the whale probably died at sea several weeks ago. It came ashore Thursday.
“It’s too far gone to get any (tissue) samples. We’ve decided to leave the whale there and let Mother Nature take its …
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Dead Minke Whale Found in Cape Elizabeth *VIDEO*
A surprising discovery this morning in Cape Elizabeth after a dead whale washes onto shore. It was found near Two Lights State Park. Marine experts say the Minke Whale likely died several weeks ago and washed up during the high tide.
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