© Daniel RitterDaniel Ritter from Ritter Dragonfly Dronography captured this image of a dead whale at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Pigeon Point, Delaware, just north of the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
Drone pilot RITTER Dragonfly Dronography released a video of the dead whale just north of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in New Castle, Delaware, on Sunday, though there were reports of the mammal being spotted ashore as early as last week.
Officials with the Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation (MERR) Institute told NBC10 the whale is a 35-foot fin whale. They believe the whale is a juvenile since the species can grow up to 80 feet long. The MERR is currently working with the United States Coast Guard and other officials on a plan to move the whale to a different location.
The fin whale is the second largest whale species on earth, behind only the blue whale, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
There are three subspecies of fin whale that are known to travel in the North Atlantic and North Pacific, the Southern Ocean and the mid-latitude Southern Ocean. Over the years, fin whales have been threatened by vessel strikes, entanglement in fishing gear, ocean noise and climate change, according to the NOAA.
1) remember those Haitians in Springfield eating pet cats & dogs last year ? well there we go ... they'll have a whale of a buffet in Delaware.
2) Oregon beach, 1970 [Link]
this reminds me of the time i was at the pub the other night and overheard three very large women talking. their accent appeared to be Scottish, so i approached and asked, " hello there ! are you three lassies from Scotland ? "
one of them angrily yelled at me, " its Wales you bloody idiot, Wales !! "
i felt so bad, i replied, " i am so sorry, are you three whales from Scotland ? "
and thats the last thing I remember.