MERR looking into beached whale in Bethany Beach

MERR Investigating Dead Whale Beached Near Bethany

The Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute was called for a juvenile male humpback whale that beached near a private Bethany Beach area community Thursday afternoon. The whale was first spotted Tuesday floating about 2 miles off the Indian River Inlet. MERR officials say the 30-foot whale is very bloated and they are working with DNREC to move the whale out of the water so that a postmortem necropsy can be conducted.

MERR looking into beached whale in Bethany Beach

BETHANY BEACH, Del. – The Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute (MERR) is looking into the circumstances surrounding a beached whale in Bethany Beach. MERR responded to a juvenile male humpback whale on Thursday, that was first seen two days prior, floating at sea about 2 miles off the Indian River Inlet. The 30-foot whale eventually beached near a private community near Bethany Beach in the early afternoon. At this time, MERR d…