The whale washed up overnight on Lido Beach in Nassau County. Officials brought a backhoe to the scene to potentially move the large animal. There has been a rash of dead whales in the waters around the New York City region. Two weeks ago a whale was found dead on the New Jersey coastline.
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Dead whale beached off Long Island coast
Aerial video shows a dead whale beached off the coast of Long Island n New York.
A 35-foot humpback whale has washed ashore and died on a New York beach. It's one of several cetaceans that have found over the past two months along the shores
Authorities have removed the carcass higher in the shoreline to avoid the next high tide and are conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death, according to Reuters.
A 35-foot (11-metre) humpback whale washed ashore and later died on a New York beach, one of several discovered over the last two months along the shores of New York and New Jersey.
LIDO BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — A 35-foot humpback whale has washed ashore and died on a New York beach. It’s one of several cetaceans that have found over the past two months along the shores of New York and New Jersey. The whale was discovered Monday morning at Lido Beach West Town Park on Long Island. Officials said it was still alive when found but died a short time later. Crews used a crane to pull the animal from the water so it would not be washe…