Photos: Massive endangered whale washes up on Oregon shore

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — A dead, entangled 46-foot male whale has washed ashore on the Oregon coast.

On Monday afternoon, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that a stranded fin whale had washed up at Sunset Beach State Park.

According to the agency, fins are the world’s second-largest whale species behind blue whales. Fin whales are considered endangered under the Endangered Species Act , and therefore protected by the federal government.

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