Posted on 09/10/2019 7:30:10 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
SCITUATE — A minke whale carcass was found Monday afternoon in the surf at Humarock Beach, making for the fourth found in the region this summer.
At the beach, New England Aquarium’s marine animal rescue team found the carcass of a 22-foot-long sub-adult. The whale is believed to have died within the last few days.
The carcass had been significantly scavenged by sharks. A full necropsy couldn’t be performed because of the amount of tissue that had been eaten, but the good condition of the skin on the pectoral fins and back indicated that the whale had died recently. There was no fishing gear or other evidence of human interaction that might have caused the death, the aquarium said. Scituate town officials disposed of the carcass Tuesday morning.
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Do you have a license for your minke?
My brother in law & his family live in Scituate, beautiful place.
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