. >> reporter: denise richardson came to see it for herself. >> i've never actually seen a whale close up. even though it's not alive. i wanted to see it and see if i could figure out what caused ca to die. >> to see a wild creature like that it does take us out of ourselves and realize that it's just, it's just not human beings. >> reporter: the marine mammal center ha not performed a necrophys on this whale. but malnutrition, entanglement and trauma from ship strikes are the most common causes of death. >> they're hoping the will wash back out. >> they believe the best thing is for the whale to decompose naturally which that process can take up to 30 days. >> reporter: which is not necessarily what neighbors want to see. >> it's obviously very concerning because it obviously stinks. and we spend a lot of time in the water here. we wind surf, we swim. we stand up paddle with our kid. i don't actually know if this is going to start falling into pieces and floating around. >> reporter: for now, they will tape off the whale to keep it safe. >> reporter: in florida, the search and rescue

. >> reporter: denise richardson came to see it for herself. >> i've never actually seen a whale close up. even though it's not alive. i wanted to see it and see if i could figure out what caused ca to die. >> to see a wild creature like that it does take us out of ourselves and realize that it's just, it's just not human beings. >> reporter: the marine mammal center ha not performed a necrophys on this whale. but malnutrition, entanglement and trauma from ship strikes are the most common causes of death. >> they're hoping the will wash back out. >> they believe the best thing is for the whale to decompose naturally which that process can take up to 30 days. >> reporter: which is not necessarily what neighbors want to see. >> it's obviously very concerning because it obviously stinks. and we spend a lot of time in the water here. we wind surf, we swim. we stand up paddle with our kid. i don't actually know if this is going to start falling into pieces and floating around. >> reporter: for now, they will tape off the whale to keep it safe. >> reporter: in florida, the search and rescue