Fin whale bones assembled above Maine Beer Company tap room

Nearly two years after an emaciated fin whale washed up in Maine , the skeleton will be hoisted above the Maine Beer Co. tap room, becoming one of the few places outside of a museum where you can see the enormity of whale bones in full.

The fin whale nicknamed "Finny" by the College of the Atlantic Allied Whale staff beached near Steuben , Maine, on Thanksgiving 2023. Allied Whale students, staff and volunteers recovered Finny’s skeleton with funding support from the Maine Beer Co.

At 49.6 feet long, Finny was on the small side of a full-grown adult fin whale. According to NOAA , fin whales are the second-largest whale species on the planet, second to the blue whale. These majestic marine mammals can grow up to 85 feet long and live up to 90 years old.

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