Whale spotted Cape Cod harbor dies
Updated: 10:39 AM EDT Jul 7, 2017
Whale spotted Cape Cod harbor dies
Updated: 10:39 AM EDT Jul 7, 2017
WEBVTT OPEN WATER, BUTUNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENING, ITHAS FOUND ITS WAY BACK INTO THEHARBOR.AN 18-FOOT WHALE STUCK UNDER ACHATHAM HERE THRASHES AROUND TOESCAPE.THIS WAS EARLY MORNING THURSDAYAS THE HOURS PASSED, ONLOOKERSGATHERED.THE WHALE NOW FREE, BUT STILL INTHE HARBOR.>> IT IS JUST INSANE WHY HE ISHERE.>> WONDERING WHY HE IS HERE.IT'S PRETTY SHALLOW WATER.>> IT IS A QUESTION THEINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR WELFARESPENT MUCH OF THE DAY TRYING TOFIGURE OUT.ACCORDING TO RESCUERS, THE WHALELIKELY FOUND ITS WAY INTO THEHARBOR FROM NANTUCKET SOUNDSOMETIME OVERNIGHT.SCRAPES ARE STILL VISIBLE AROUNDITS DORSAL FINS.ATTEMPTS TO GET HIM OUT FELLSHORT.>> FEELING BAD FOR THE POOR GUY,BUT HOPEFULLY, WE WILL BE ABLETO GET HIM BACK OUT TO SEA ANDHE WILL BE OK.>> YOU CAN SEE IN THIS VIDEO HOWCLOSE THE WHALE REMAINEDTHURSDAY EVENING TO SHALLOWWATERS.THE IDEA THAT THE OUTGOING TIDEWOULD HELP.BUT AS NIGHT FELL AND THEONLOOKERS BEGAN TO FADE, SO DIDTHAT HOPE.WE FOUND THE TIDE CARRYING THEMARINE MAMMAL INTO OYSTER RIVER,FURTHER AWAY FROM FREEDOM.>> IN THE SHALLOW WATER IN THECHANNEL, DEFINITELY NOT TYPICAL.>> EVERYBODY IS DOING A GOOD JOBKEEPING THEIR DISTANCE.>> THERE HAS BEEN A GOOD JOBPROTECTING THEM AS BEST AS YOUPROTECT THEM.
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Whale spotted Cape Cod harbor dies
Updated: 10:39 AM EDT Jul 7, 2017
An 18-foot whale spotted in a Chatham harbor Thursday afternoon has died, officials said. The body of the Minke whale was found washed ashore along the Oyster River, according to the Chatham Harbormaster. The whale, approximately 18-20 feet long, likely swam into Stage Harbor from Nantucket sound and was first seen around daybreak Thursday.It stranded numerous times on the sand during low tide and had scrapes on its body, particularly on its dorsal fin, from swimming under docks and piers in the area, officials said.Members of the the International Fund for Animal Welfare tried to guide the whale out of the harbor, but attempts were unsuccessful.
CHATHAM, Mass. —
An 18-foot whale spotted in a Chatham harbor Thursday afternoon has died, officials said.
The body of the Minke whale was found washed ashore along the Oyster River, according to the Chatham Harbormaster.
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The whale, approximately 18-20 feet long, likely swam into Stage Harbor from Nantucket sound and was first seen around daybreak Thursday.
It stranded numerous times on the sand during low tide and had scrapes on its body, particularly on its dorsal fin, from swimming under docks and piers in the area, officials said.
Members of the the International Fund for Animal Welfare tried to guide the whale out of the harbor, but attempts were unsuccessful.