This giant Finback Whale washed up on the outside of Long Point Road in P-Town.
© Provincetown Police DepartmentThis giant Finback Whale washed up on the outside of Long Point Road in P-Town.
From the Provincetown Police Department:

50-60 foot Finback whale washed up on the outside of Long Point Road in Provincetown. The Finback whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is the world's second biggest living animal. Finbacks can grow to nearly 70 feet in length and a weight of 70 tons. Despite that massive size, they are streamlined and muscular allowing them to travel at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour, earning it the nickname, "the greyhound of the sea". It can reportedly hold its breath for 50 minutes. The whale's territory stretches across all of the world's oceans. The Finback Whale is listed as an endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

The whale had reportedly been seen dead in the water of the bay further down off of Wellfleet.

A crew of over 10 volunteers from IFAW and the Center for Coastal Studies were on scene for the past two days and planned to do a necropsy to determine the cause of death.