Browsing the blog archivesfor the day Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Whale Beaches Itself; Motive Unknown

A whale beached itself today in Breezy Point Queens.  Concerned citizens first noticed the stranded 60-foot finback whale in the early morning.  Emergency services were summoned to the beach and doused it with water while they waited for the high tide to pull it back to sea. Speculation immediately began as to the whale’s motives.  […]