Humpback whale carcass found in Shinnecock Bay off Long Island
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- A humpback whale carcass was found in Shinnecock Bay this week.
Southampton Town Police said the dead whale was found at around 4 p.m. Thursday.
Police said the whale floated into the bay through the Shinnecock Inlet.
A necropsy to determine the whale's cause of death will be performed Friday.
Another humpback whale washed ashore at Robert Moses Beach on May 19, about a week after a 24-foot long minke whale was discovered dead in Moriches Bay.
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