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Update: Humpback Whale Washed Up at Island Beach State Park Late Saturday
Three-year-old mammal pulled up to beach on Sunday
A female humpback whale washed up on the shores of Island Beach State Park on Saturday.
The three-year-old whale was dead when it hit the beach apparently struck by a ship, according to Bob Schoelkopf, of the Marine Mammal Stranding Station in Brigantine.
The mammal washed ashore three miles south of bathing beach #2, according to Larry Ragonese, press information director for the NJ Department of Environmental Protection.
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The whale was pulled up to the beach on Sunday and buried, according to Ragonese.
It was determined that whale had a broken back.
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The mammal was the second to wash up on the Jersey Shore so far this year. Earlier this week the skeletal remains of a humpback whale washed ashore on Long Beach Island, according to Schoelkopf.
The attached youtube video apparently shows the whale washing ashore on Island Beach State Park beach.