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Humpback whale carcass found in Shinnecock Bay off Long Island

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- A humpback whale carcass was found in Shinnecock Bay this week. 

Southampton Town Police said the dead whale was found at around 4 p.m. Thursday. 

Police said the whale floated into the bay through the Shinnecock Inlet. 

A necropsy to determine the whale's cause of death will be performed Friday. 

Another humpback whale washed ashore at Robert Moses Beach on May 19, about a week after a 24-foot long minke whale was discovered dead in Moriches Bay.

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