A small dead whale that  washed ashore in Atlantic City was vandalized with graffiti.

Whale being towed off the beach in Atlantic City
Whale being towed off the beach in Atlantic City (Press of Atlantic City)
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The Press of Atlantic City reports that the whale was discovered Thursday morning below Central Pier. The whale was roughly 10 to 12 feet long.

Excavators and chains dragged the carcass from the surf to a site near Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Bob Schoelkopf, Director of the Marine Mammoth Stranding Center tell NBC 40 the discovery of a dead small dolphin about 7 blocks away is a coincidence and do nott believe it is related to last summer's dolphin deaths. in which over 150 dolphinw  washed ashore.

The whale's cause of death wasn't immediately clear.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report

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