Great white shark spotted off coast of Hamptons - 37 whales have been found ... trends now
A Great white shark has been spotted off the coast of the Hamptons near the carcass of a 47-foot humpback whale - the 37th dead whale that has washed up along the East Coast in recent months.
The deceased whale was found floating about five miles south of Wainscott, Long Island on Wednesday morning by local researchers, who notified the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries.
The whale drifted west into the Shinnecock Inlet borders Hampton Bays and South Hampton before it was towed. The whale was so massive it needed two boats to be carted off.
Andrea Gomez, a NOAA spokesperson told DailyMail.com that a necropsy on the whale is being performed on Friday by the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, the local authorized marine mammal response organization, and organization's New York stranding partner.
She said preliminary findings will be posted on the NOAA social media page once the team completes its examination on the whale to determine the cause of death.
The deceased whale was found floating about five miles south of Wainscott, Long Island on Wednesday morning by local researchers, who notified the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries
The humpback whale, a species of a baleen whale, can weight up between 55,000 to 66,000 pounds. They possess a distinct body shape, that features long pectoral fins and tubercles on its head
The shark was about 35 yards away from the dead whale, and in close proximity to the million dollar homes that are located near the beach in South Hampton
The shark was about 35 yards away from the dead whale, and in close proximity to the multi-million-dollar homes in the exclusive area of South Hampton where beachside homes run as high as $66 million.
'It was a 47-foot male humpback whale - larger than what we had estimated initially,' Rob DiGiovanni, executive director and chief scientist told DaiyMail.com.
He said samples were collected on the whale and sent out.
'NOAA Fisheries declared an unusual mortality rate that has been ongoing over the last six or seven years and that is what we are seeing now,' he
