{"id":457372,"date":"2026-02-09T01:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/457372\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T01:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:26:08","slug":"dead-fin-whale-washes-up-on-oregon-coast-near-warrenton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/457372\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead fin whale washes up on Oregon coast near Warrenton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) &#8211; A dead whale washed up on a beach near Warrenton along the Oregon coast on Saturday morning, according to the Seaside Aquarium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to the aquarium, the 46-foot fin whale had been dead for some time before it washed ashore north of Sunset Beach. A necropsy will happen next week to try and determine how the whale died. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The only species of whale larger than a fin whale is the blue whale, and fin whales can reach up to 85 feet and weigh up to 80 tons, according to the aquarium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The aquarium is encouraging people to visit the carcass, but reminded people to avoid touching the dead animal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cAny whale, dolphin, porpoise, or pinniped can spread potential diseases to humans and pets,\u201d the aquarium said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KPTV-KPDX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) &#8211; A dead whale washed up on a beach near Warrenton along the Oregon coast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-457372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}