[Capt. Tom]

Just some old background info. -Tom

[rlmorel]

By the way, when we got there, the carcass was nowhere to be seen. Only the removed jaws and that pectoral fin! I always wondered if they just rolled the thing back into the water, or if someone had to tow it out somewhere...

[Capt. Tom]

This dead whale drifted from the Boston area south toward Plymouth MA in Mass. Bay

Cape Cod Times By Mary Ann Bragg 9/3/2019
DUXBURY — A minke whale carcass was examined by scientists Monday at Duxbury Beach and then buried on high ground there, according to a New England Aquarium spokesman. The carcass of the 28-foot male whale, which was seen in waters off Hull last week, eventually came ashore Sunday. The carcass had been heavily preyed upon by white sharks and blue sharks, spokesman Tony LaCasse said. SNIP
Following an on-site necropsy by International Fund for Animal Welfare scientists in late July, a minke whale carcass was buried on a beach in North Truro in a large hole just above the high tide line.

The problem with burying whale carcasses near the ocean is if any whale scent leaks into the ocean, and a shark shows up,.....well, you get the picture. -Tom