| Summary: | Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale) - SMBP 04-48 - male - 11.75 m - Pelvic location - RI Department of Environmental Management. 40-foot (11.75 meter) male was found swimming in 9 feet of water near the Fort Adams State Park boat ramp, Newport, RI with propeller cuts on top of head and dorsal left of fluke. It was reported to be 28 feet long. It was euthanized about noon the next day and on 15 June was taken on a flatbed 18-wheel truck to the Great Swamp Wildlife Management Area, Kingston, RI for necropsy and salvage of the skeleton. Both kidneys were found to be packed with large kidney worms. The skeleton was kept by the RI Department of Environmental Protection with plans for it to be articulated for display in a new coastal environmental education center. To date, this has not happened.
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