The whale was discovered dead at the bow of the MSC Meraviglia on Saturday (Pictures: Marine Mammal Stranding Center/SantaCruz008/YouTube)
A cruise ship arrived at a port in New York City with a 44-foot-long endangered whale caught on its bow dead.
The MSC Meraviglia arrived with the whale stuck at the Port of Brooklyn, before continuing on its route.
‘We can confirm with deep regret that on Saturday a whale was discovered on the bow of our ship as the vessel approached the port of New York,’ MSC Cruises spokesperson Sidney Sterling told Fox News Digital. ‘We immediately notified the relevant authorities, who are now conducting an examination of the whale.’
The whale was identified as a female Sei whale, which is an endangered species and typically lives in deeper waters far from the coastline, wrote the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society on Facebook on Wednesday.