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Tiffany Boothe, assistant manager of the Seaside Aquarium in Oregon, said the body of a 46-foot male fin whale that washed ashore will naturally decompose, creating a "huge nutrient boost for the local environment," feeding scavengers like eagles and ravens, down to little amphipods at Sunset Beach State Park.

A Rare Stranding on Oregon Coast, Fin Whale Washes Up Near Seaside - About 40 feet, it washed up at Gearhart

Fins are the world’s second-largest whale species.