Via Jason Schreiber at the NH Union Leader, workers in Rye, NH ran into a little bit of a problem when they attempted to transport this dead whale to a site for study by marine biologists. Whoops:
Yikes. The dead minke whale found on Jenness Beach didn’t fit in the dumpster. @UnionLeader pic.twitter.com/hXuukJyeMA
— Jason Schreiber (@Schreibernews) September 17, 2018
They then brought in a larger dumpster:
A larger dumpster is being brought to the beach. The whale will be carried off in the dumpster to a facility where it will undergo a necropsy to determine its cause of death. Very sad situation. https://t.co/ey7EKlcupq
— Jason Schreiber (@Schreibernews) September 17, 2018
Why did they think the whale would fit in the dumpster in the first place? Were they hoping it would like bend in half and then fit?
From Schreiber’s write up:
RYE – The dead minke whale that didn’t quite fit in a small dumpster spent Monday night sitting in the parking lot at Jenness State Beach awaiting a larger one that arrived Tuesday morning.
The dumpster was used to safely transport the 16-foot juvenile whale from the beach to a site where it will be examined by marine biologists Wednesday morning to determine a cause of death.
The remains will then be composted, according to Ashley Stokes, manager of the Seacoast Science Center’s Marine Mammal Rescue Team.
Again, did anyone measure?
While officials knew a larger container would be better, Stokes said the hope was that the whale would fit diagonally. The plan didn’t work and it became clear that a larger container would be needed.
The cause of death is still under investigation:
What killed this 2-Ton minke whale that washed up in Rye this morning?@WMUR9 #wmur @BlueOceanSoc pic.twitter.com/eVICUcIp6v
— Jennifer Crompton (@JenCromptonWMUR) September 17, 2018
Still, everyone knows the BEST way to dispose of a dead whale is dynamite:
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