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Pygmy Sperm Whale Washes in On Cocoa Beach, Florida *PIC*VIDEO*
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
COCOA BEACH, Florida — A dead pygmy sperm whale washed ashore this morning on Cocoa Beach, Florida at the beach-end of 11th Street South. Biologists from Sea World Hubb's Research Institute from Orlando, Florida arrived on scene to assess the marine mammal.
Sea World officials estimate that the pygmy what weighs about 700 pounds. The deceased sperm whale will be buried on the beach rather than taken back to Sea World Orlando. Samples of the whale were taken for later laboratory study.
Pygmy sperm whales inhabit all oceans of the world except in the extreme polar latitudes. Adult whales reach around 800 to 900 pounds at full maturity, and are around the same size as their closely relatives, porpoises and dolphins.
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A 10 foot, 700 pound Pygmy sperm whale washed up dead on the shore of Cocoa Beach Wednesday.youtube.com/watch
Says 12 have washed ashore this year, but scientist don't expect any more ?? What is odd these are NOT showing up on the State registry that are normally reported here, you will need to put in dates for search such as 01/01/2012 to 04/18/2012
Beached whale in Ormond Beach, Florida, euthanized
To Mass Animal Death on Thursday, April 19, 2012
