NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – A juvenile humpback whale died last week after washing ashore near the North Carolina/South Carolina state line.
Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network, a nonprofit based in Charleston, confirmed to WMBF News that the 29-foot whale was first seen floating off North Carolina’s Oak Island on March 15 before landing on the jetty between North Myrtle Beach and Sunset Beach the next day.
Because of weather, the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network said it was unable to respond until March 17.
The whale was later dragged to Sunset Beach, where the network worked on the necropsy with a stranding program based out of the University of North Carolina Wilmington…