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Whale of a Story

Living on Earth
August 14, 2013
  • By Molly Menschel
The World

It was very like a whale, a 60-ton dead finback whale to be exact, and it washed ashore on a beach in the poorest county in Maine. Residents recount, in this audio postcard from producer Molly Menschel, how they had to very quickly decide what to do with it.

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