The cause of death was identified as “suspect blunt & sharp force trauma consistent with vessel strike.' The whales were buried on the beach.
— Two humpback whales were found dead off the coasts of New York and New Jersey, according to local officials.
The first whale, which drifted into Shinnecock Inlet and was brought to shore in Southampton, was a 47-foot-long male, the agency reported. The cause of death was “suspected blunt force trauma.” The cause of death was identified as “suspect blunt & sharp force trauma consistent with vessel strike,” the post said. Samples were collected and the whale was buried on the beach.Humpback whale deaths on the East Coast have been on the rise since January 2016, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration records. The agency declared a “Humpback Whale Unusual Mortality Event Along the Atlantic Coast”in April 2017.
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