The Brief

A young humpback whale was found stranded in shallow water off the southern end of Long Beach Island on Friday afternoon.

Marine rescue teams determined the animal was in extremely poor condition, with wounds consistent with an earlier boat propeller strike.

Despite overnight monitoring and efforts to keep it comfortable, the whale died before dawn on Sunday.

A young humpback whale discovered stranded in shallow water off Holgate, New Jersey , has died after rescue crews determined the animal was too weak and injured to survive, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) .

What we know:

The MMSC received a report around 3 p.m. Friday, Oct.17, from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection that an aerial survey team had spotted a whale in distre

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