🌱 Patch AM: How rescuers helped stranded humpback whales just off Fire Island’s shore

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• How rescuers helped stranded humpback whales just off Fire Island's shore

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the hospital? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Friday: Sunny and beautiful, with a high of 72 and low of 49 degrees.
• Saturday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 68, low: 52.
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📰 News we're reading

• US Coast Guard helps rescue juvenile humpback whale stuck on sandbar off New York's Fire Island (abcnews.com) — Two juvenile humpback whales stranded on sandbars just off Fire Island eventually made it back to open water, with one closely tended by U.S. Coast Guard crews and marine experts. Responders kept the whale hydrated, protected it from boat traffic, and monitored several other whales in the area, underscoring both local marine activity and ongoing conservation efforts off the Fire Island National Seashore.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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