(KW)
MEANWHILE -- LABOR DAY WEEKEND
HERE IN RHODE ISLAND BROUGHT AN
UNUSUAL SIGHT.
BEACH GOERS AT SCARBOROUGH STATE
BEACH SPOTTED A DEAD WHALE ON
THE SHORE YESTERDAY MORNING.
WE'RE TOLD IT SHOWED UP AROUND
11:00 DURING HIGH TIDE -- BUT
HAS SINCE BEEN MOVED.
12 NEWS REPORTER ERICA RICCI IS
LIVE IN NARRAGANSETT WITH THE
LATEST DETAILS.
IT'S 2020 SO NOTHING SHOULD
SURPRISE US...
BUT BEACHGOERS WERE STILL TAKEN
ABACK YESTERDAY WHEN THEY
STEPPED ON THE SAND AND SAW THE
BEACHED WHALE.
MY FAMILY AND I WERE AMONG THEM
AND I CAN TELL YOU IT WAS A
MAGNIFICENT...
AND YET SAD SIGHT.
HERE IT IS.
THIS IS THE 15 FOOT JUVENILE
MINKAE WHALE ON THE SHORE AT
SCARBOROUGH NORTH.
IF YOU'RE FACING OCEAN, IT'S TO
THE LEFT OF THE PAVILION, NEAR
WHERE THE STATE PROPERTY ENDS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT SAYS IT RECEIVED
CALLS AROUND 11 A-M YESTERDAY
REPORTING THE WHALE HAD WASHED
ASHORE...
AND THAT IT WAS ALREADY DECEASED
WHEN IT DID.
JAMIE VOLPE AND RORY BROWN HAD
JUST GOTTEN TO THE BEACH WHEN
THE WHALE APPEARED.
"when the tide was high it was
kind of rolling it and it was
kind of moving around in the
waves so it looked like it was
kind of motioning that it was
alive still so that was when we
first saw it so we were like, oh
wait is it struggling, like is
is beached and people are trying
to save it, but (shakes head)"
THE WHALE DOES NOT APPEAR TO
HAVE ANY VISIBLE SIGNS OF
TRAUMA...
BUT THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION HAS
BEEN NOTIFIED AND WILL
INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN LESS
THAN A YEAR, A WHALE HAS BEEN
STRANDED ON RHODE ISLAND
SHORELINE.
COMING UP AT *** WE'LL TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT.
LIVE IN NARRAGANSETT, ER, 12
THURSDAY: Partly cloudy, very
humid with scattered (KW)
PEOPLE LOOK TO CELEBRATE THEIR
LABOR DAY WEEKEND AT ONE RHODE
ISLAND BEACH RECEIVED QUITE THE
SURPRISE.
A DEAD WHALE WASHED ASHORE ON
SCARBOROUGH BEACH SUNDAY.
ERICA RICCI IS LIVE IN
NARRAGANSETT WHERE CREWS HAVE
MOVED THE WHALE.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME A WHALE
HAS TURNED UP ON A RHODE ISLAND
SHORELINE IN LESS THAN NINE
MONTHS.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A
MOMENT...
BUT THIS WHALE IS STILL ON THE
BEACH HERE AT SCARBOROUGH.
D-E-M IS WAITING FOR A MARINE
BIOLOGIST TO PERFORM A
NECROPSY...
BUT OF COURSE, IT'S A HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.
THIS IS WHAT GREETED BEACHGOERS
WHO ARRIVED ANYTIME AFTER 11
YESTERDAY MORNING.
D-E-M SAYS IT'S A 15 FOOT
JUVENILE MINKAE WHALE AND IT
DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE SUFFERED
ANY TRAUMA.
AGAIN, THOUGH, ONLY AN
INVESTIGATION WILL TELL.
THOSE WHO SAW IT ROLL IT SAY IT
CAME IN WITH THE TIDE AND, AT
FIRST, IT LOOKED LIKE MIGHT BE
ALIVE AND IN NEED OF RESCUING...
BUT WHEN IT REACHED THE SHORE,
IT WAS CLEAR THE WHALE WAS
ALREADY DEAD.
STILL THOUGH, IT WAS A
FASCINATING SIGHT.
"we walked onto the beach and
saw a baby whale"
"we have never seen anything