Update on Dead Sperm Whale
Marine mammal experts underestimated the enormity of a sperm whale that washed ashore in Spanish Harbor Channel on Monday. The initial estimate was 15 tons.
A partial necropsy conducted in the water after the whale died Tuesday afternoon showed the whale was 51 feet long and weighed between 20 and 22 tons, according to Celeste Weimer, stranding coordinator for the Florida Keys Marine Mammal Rescue Team.
Wildlife officials towed the carcass out to sea Wednesday. As with most mammal strandings, wildlife officials do not know what caused it to swim into shallow water about a quarter-mile east of Big Pine Key.
A partial necropsy conducted in the water after the whale died Tuesday afternoon showed the whale was 51 feet long and weighed between 20 and 22 tons, according to Celeste Weimer, stranding coordinator for the Florida Keys Marine Mammal Rescue Team.
Wildlife officials towed the carcass out to sea Wednesday. As with most mammal strandings, wildlife officials do not know what caused it to swim into shallow water about a quarter-mile east of Big Pine Key.
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