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Dead 29-foot, 10,000-pound minke whale found off Phippsburg coast

A dead minke whale spotted floating off the coast of Phippsburg was later collected from a private beach in Georgetown.

Lynda Doughty, Marine Mammals of Maine founding executive director, said there are no obvious connections between the recent deaths of four animals.

The 2-ton minke whale was loaded onto a trailer in Scarborough and hauled to Gorham for a necropsy.

Local experts say these deep-diving whales should not be in coastal waters, but have no clue as to what brought them here or what happened to them.