LOOK: Dead 58-foot-long fin whale (more photos)

Photo Credit: Facebook.com / The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation

A dead 58-foot fin whale was discovered ashore Thursday morning near the campgrounds area at Smith Point County Park in Shirley, New York.

Gothamist reports that the 58-foot fin whale was discovered about 8 a.m. on Thursday, October 9, about 77 miles from New York City.

The whale has been described as a rare and endangered 50-foot finback whale. It's also the second-largest whale in the world, after the blue whale, growing to about 75 feet in the Northern Hemisphere.

According to the report of Business Insider, Marine biologists at the Riverhead Foundation, performed a necropsy and reported at about 4 p.m. on Friday, October 10 that the whale was likely struck by a boat, adding that "Samples will be sent out for further analysis to confirm these preliminary findings."

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Whale washed up at Smith Point todayy😩 pic.twitter.com/LCWplcUWPQ

— Mendes (@JessDeStefanoo) October 9, 2014

Whale washes up at Smith Point County Park http://t.co/Vai1tH6pZn pic.twitter.com/TlRzSuYAJY

— News12LI (@News12LI) October 9, 2014

Photos i took of a Beached whale today on Long Island . See the story here :http://t.co/PNTFLxAq7c pic.twitter.com/MhyK6usee2

— John Walthers (@Johnnydubbs21) October 9, 2014

Massive dead whale washes up on Long Island, NY. Possible Fin whale measures 40-50 feet long http://t.co/fZ2UjRdnHi pic.twitter.com/VZAqkDQ9J0

— Claire Marina (@ClaireKEYT) October 9, 2014

Phil Kessel's Lunch Washes Up On Long Island: http://t.co/xgFyi3Cnef via @YahooFinance #NHL #Leafs #MapleLeafs # Rangers #NYR

— Ryan (@TheEnforcinator) October 12, 2014

Large, Dead Fin Whale Washes Up On Long Island Beach http://t.co/VVDIhmTCiK pic.twitter.com/u0ty5qUoOW

— Carlos Gavina (@CGShark) October 9, 2014

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