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To Move a 40-Ton Fin Whale Carcass, Samish Island Finds a Way

About 40 residents used $9,000 in lift bags and boats to move the 80,000-pound carcass after it began to smell.

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Hundreds descended on a quiet beach for what would likely be a once-in-a-lifetime viewing. Then the realities of a giant rotting whale carcass began to sink in.

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To move a 40-ton fin whale carcass, Samish Island finds a way

Hundreds descended on a quiet beach for what would likely be a once-in-a-lifetime viewing. Then the realities of a giant rotting whale carcass began to sink in.

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A 40-ton whale died on WA beachfront property. Now what?

Hundreds descended on a quiet beach for what would likely be a once-in-a-lifetime viewing. Then the realities of a giant rotting whale carcass began to sink in.

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The Seattle Times broke the news in Seattle, United States on Monday, May 11, 2026.
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