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Beached whale in Breezy Point not expected to survive

A whale was found on the beach at

A whale was found on the beach at Breezy Point Wednesday morning. News 12 video (Dec. 26. 2012) (December 26, 2012 6:13 PM)

A sick finback whale, found beached Wednesday on the Breezy Point shores in Queens, likely will be allowed to die a natural death after marine biologists found it was fighting overwhelming odds.

"The whale is severely emaciated," said biologist Kim Durham, rescue coordinator at the Riverhead Foundation. "Probably, we'll let nature take its turn with this animal."

She said picking it...

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