
A dead female juvenile humpback whale lies belly-up on the beach in Kitty Hawk the morning of Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (Photo by Corinne Saunders)
By Corinne Saunders
KITTY HAWK — “Ooh, you can smell it!,” one pedestrian commented to another as they crossed N.C. Highway 12 in Kitty Hawk on Friday morning to the beach access where a dead humpback whale washed up.