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File photo of a humpback whale.
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A dead humpback whale washed ashore onto a private beach in the Martha's Vineyard community Edgartown this week.
Experts have identified it as a 28-foot male humpback and believe it had been dead for some time before arriving on shore, as its organs were decomposing. The cause of the whale's death has not been determined.
This is the second time in several months a dead whale has washed ashore on the island.
The remains of a 50-to-60-foot fin whale were found in early July at Norton Point, a public Edgartown beach.