Dead whale washes up on Wash. Coast
05:49 PM PDT on Thursday, October 5, 2006
LONG BEACH, Wash. -- A dead humpback whale washed up on the Southern Washington Coast Wednesday afternoon and now wildlife officials want to know how it died.
KGW photo
A person takes photos of the humpback whale.
The female whale showed up at Klipsan Beach, located between Long Beach and Ocean Park.
SLIDESHOW: More beached whale photos
Wildlife officials said it looked as though the whale, stretching about 54 feet long, had been dead for a while.
A necropsy was scheduled for Friday to try and determine the exact cause of death.
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