The sad, smelly story behind a beloved gray whale skeleton in Long Beach
![](http://thumbor-prod-us-east-1.photo.aws.arc.pub/bdVXDn5stQ703E6vy8mBRnL86YQ=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/PP7PFC46RJAONHXIVVD2SLYSEU.jpg)
A beached whale carcass brought the Washington coast town together, before vandals picked it apart. But that didn’t stop the people of Long Beach.
![](https://external-preview.redd.it/KS4BKzsP0x_fMoFGfsz3wEg1aUtLDCwkrFY6BLvxbVs.jpg?auto=webp&s=ff5dc174ff63be7521fe547808a1b17d47c5dd84)
So we went whale watching today : r/funny
![](https://assets3.fossilera.com/sp/144682/1-3-inch-megalodon-teeth/otodus-megalodon.jpg)
Megalodon Tooth Mounted In Fossil Whale Vertebrae (#40299), 43% OFF
![](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/43d795b09b2253b5d03c7f6476cf36be18a46b78/155_81_966_1161/master/966.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none)
Blood, guts and suspiciously mangled fins: inside a porpoise autopsy, Cetaceans
![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1695253186i/195888522.jpg)
Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor
![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/16/2d/b5/162db522e84a82fef4ba01432686b0fc.jpg)
Gray Whale Long Beach, Washington Washington beaches, Long beach
![](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/o67/o67r5c-b88696972z.120160425163904000gu9g6gff.10.jpg?w=620)
Why there's such a hurry to remove smelly, decomposing 30-ton beached whale – Orange County Register
![](https://ocean.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/photo_full/public/2023-11/8464582954_f092a507e3_o.jpg.webp?itok=r6lSgnsV)
Whales Smithsonian Ocean
![](https://fc818ede9650fc3aeb5d.cdn6.editmysite.com/uploads/b/fc818ede9650fc3aeb5de1249f0b6b4819ead0e260dc46860e9b478962c5c7bc/%20Dale%20pic%20high%20res_1676011758.jpg?width=2400&optimize=medium)
Dale Jacobsen's Instagram, Twitter & Facebook on IDCrawl
![](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/democratherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/29/129abcba-9d9b-50b7-bff5-07f26edbe1c0/56a504888aef2.image.jpg?resize=889%2C500)
A titanic task: Blue whale bones salvaged for display at OSU site in Newport
![](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/42ab578/2147483647/strip/true/crop/478x269+0+186/resize/1200x675!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkalw%2Ffiles%2F201509%2Fphoto__1__1.jpg)
The hidden afterlife of a sperm whale skeleton
![](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/eTHRHglERF-RizfWgBiaVvuKlVc=/fit-in/1072x0/filters:focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/df/b0/dfb07bdd-f525-499f-a2be-75f48a4db11d/opusn6cy_web.jpg)
Scientists Find Most Complete Atlantic Gray Whale Skeleton Ever, Science