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(PICS) Another Massive Dead Whale Washes Ashore in New Jersey!

This is really sad and scary to be honest.  It just happened a week ago, and 3 times before that – all since December. Here are the details from 6abc:…

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 21: Beachgoers look at a dead juvenile Humpback Whale that washed up on Baker Beach on April 21, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Scientists with the Marine Mammal Center performed a partial necropsy on the severely decomposed juvenile Humpback Whale that washed up near the Golden Gate Bridge. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

This is really sad and scary to be honest.  It just happened a week ago, and 3 times before that - all since December.

For the fourth time since the beginning of December, a dead whale has washed up in South Jersey.  The remains of a humpback whale were found in the North Brigantine Natural Area in Brigantine, New Jersey around 5 p.m. Thursday.  

According to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, the whale was 20 to 25 feet long and doesn't appear to be fully grown.

They say plans are underway to perform a necropsy on Sunday with the help of several agencies.

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center says this is part of a years-long "unusual mortality event" declared by NOAA in 2016.

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