Dead whale washes up on Delaware River near Delaware Memorial Bridge
A dead whale washed up on the Delaware River near the Delaware Memorial Bridge on Sunday morning.
Ritter Dragonfly Dronography captured photos of the whale on Sunday at Pigeon Point.
The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute, which is based in Lewes, Delaware, told the Delaware News Journal that it's working with other agencies to move the whale so it can be examined.
In an update on Monday, MERR told CBS News Philadelphia that there doesn't seem to be a way to move the whale right now. MERR crews went to see the whale Monday morning at low tide but said the mud was too deep and thick for them to access it by land.
The institute also said that it's a hard location to get a boat in close enough, too.
MERR said the whale is a juvenile fin whale, appearing to be between 35-40 feet long.
