WELLFLEET – A humpback whale stranded in Wellfleet harbor and could not be saved. Wellfleet Harbor master David Perry towed the whale, believed to be about 2 years old and 25 feet in length, into the pier where a crane hoisted it onto a truck. IFAW will conduct a necropsy on the carcass.
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Necropsy to be performed on humpback whale that stranded and died in Wellfleet
February 11, 2020
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