SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- A dead 10-foot baby whale washed ashore near a lifeguard tower in Santa Monica State Beach on Tuesday.
Los Angeles County Fire Department Lifeguards said the neonate gray whale was spotted around 2 p.m. near Lifeguard Tower 12, located at 1200 Ocean Walk Front.
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles was on its way to pick up the 1,200-pound mammal.
The cause of death was not immediately available.
Beached baby whale found dead in Santa Monica
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