The sight of a 35-foot humpback whale greeted early-morning strollers on Long Island beach in New York.
The male behemoth had been washed ashore at Lido Beach West Town Park, in the town of Hempstead, but sadly died before crews arrived to rescue the beast.
Found at around 6.30am in the morning, it is the first whale washed up at Hempstead for several years and according to the town supervisor Don Clavin, “this is by far the largest”, before adding: “The crews that have been here for almost two decades have never seen a whale this size.”
