A flipper from an endangered humpback whale that was found dead on one of North Carolina's barrier islands last month will be displayed at a park in the state.
The 31-foot whale was discovered on North Core Banks, inside Cape Lookout National Seashore, on Dec. 28.
"The team also assisted the park in collecting one of the whale's front flippers and a 4-foot-long section of baleen from the whale's mouth to be processed and eventually used in an exhibit at the Harkers Island Visitor Center," Cape Lookout National Seashore wrote. A photograph shared by the park on Facebook shows a park biologist lying next to the flipper to demonstrate its length. According to officials, the flipper measured 13 feet and weighed in at 311 pounds.
A photograph shared by the park on Facebook displays a park biologist lying next to the flipper to show that the flipper is longer than the person.A 30-foot humpback was found beached on Dec. 5 on Hatteras Island at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, located just north of Cape Lookout. A necropsy was also performed on this whale, but officials have not released a cause of death.All species of humpbacks are labeled as endangered in U.S.
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