Injuries consistent with blunt force trauma are part of the preliminary necropsy results of the 24-foot, 10-inch juvenile male Humpback whale discovered dead in the surf on April 11 on the 51st Street beach in the Brant Beach section of Long Beach Township.

The whale, who was just over a year old, “showed signs of bruising around the head with a hematoma present, multiple fractures of the skull and cervical vertebrae, numerous dislocated ribs, and a dislocated scapula,” the Marine Mammal…