{"id":458062,"date":"2026-02-09T10:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/458062\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:53:08","slug":"whale-that-washed-ashore-on-the-oregon-coast-has-been-dead-for-quite-some-time-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/458062\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale that washed ashore on the Oregon coast has been dead for \u2018quite some time,\u2019 experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/environment\/\" title=\"Navigate to Environment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Environment<\/a>Updated: Feb. 08, 2026, 7:05 p.m.|Published: Feb. 08, 2026, 10:10 a.m.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-gallery-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/B2TGISKNHRDCXKBPRQD7BLPYI4.JPG\"  loading=\"eager\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-gallery-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UPVMMB7CD5AHJIWJZVQM3F3H7A.JPG\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1\/5<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-gallery-caption\">Stranded fin whale 2026Mark Graves<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"S3DXM5ROOJAXHDCJM25XCYSISA\">A 46-foot fin whale that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/trending\/2025\/11\/humpback-whale-stranded-on-the-oregon-coast-to-be-euthanized.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/trending\/2025\/11\/humpback-whale-stranded-on-the-oregon-coast-to-be-euthanized.html\">washed up<\/a> on the Oregon coast on Saturday has been dead for \u201cquite some time,\u201d officials with the Seaside Aquarium said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OIHALS3BGBGLHL32ZDBMOCERPA\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/trending\/2025\/11\/oregons-exploding-whale-how-the-1970-disposal-disaster-became-cultural-phenomenon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/trending\/2025\/11\/oregons-exploding-whale-how-the-1970-disposal-disaster-became-cultural-phenomenon.html\">dead whale<\/a> appeared on Sunset Beach, near Warrenton, on Saturday morning. Whale experts will try to determine its cause of death with a necropsy next week, the aquarium said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WTDS73RX6REO5DS7FK7CSU3QQQ\">Fin whales can grow up to 85 feet and weigh more than 80 tons, the aquarium said. The only species larger is a blue whale. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RB6OKNSQNVHYPKFACLRYJGKPQQ\">Aquarium officials urged beachgoers not to touch the dead animal. Dead whales, dolphins and other creatures can spread diseases to humans, they said. <\/p>\n<p>Sami Edge is the deputy breaking news editor at The Oregonian. She previously covered the Oregon Legislature and higher education, winning awards for her coverage of mental health and the decline in college&#8230; more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EnvironmentUpdated: Feb. 08, 2026, 7:05 p.m.|Published: Feb. 08, 2026, 10:10 a.m. 1\/5 Stranded fin whale 2026Mark Graves A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[214009,79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-458062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-beached-fin-whale","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458062","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=458062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}