It was more than seven years ago that a 70-foot blue whale washed ashore on the Oregon coast just north of Gold Beach. That in itself was a rare event,
The skeleton of a blue whale that washed ashore on the Oregon coast eight years ago was recently sent to Canada for the final cleaning process before specialists prepare it for public display at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.
Dreams of putting a 70-foot long blue whale skeleton on display are inching closer to reality, after the mammal washed ashore on the Oregon Coast eight years ago.
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A company in Canada will preserve a 70-foot long blue whale skeleton found in Oregon in 2015 for eventual display at the Hatfield Marine Science Center.