The 21-foot adult female orca died after becoming stranded on a beach in Palm Coast, Florida, marking the first known killer whale stranding in southeast US.
A 21-foot killer whale weighing up to 6,000 pounds died after beaching itself on the Atlantic coast in central Florida Wednesday, the first stranding of its kind ever recorded in the Southeast US.
The apex predator appeared to be still alive at around 6 a.m., but by the time rescuers arrived it had died.Video posted by the sheriff’s office showed the lifeless orca with its distinctive black-and-white body laying on its side as waves splashed against it.A man walking along the beach before dawn came across the hulking marine mammal in the water and reported the grim find to a biologist.
It could take weeks or even months to determine the cause of the whale’s unusual stranding and death.
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Beached killer whale dies after grounding itself on Florida beachOfficials said they are transporting the animal to a lab for a necropsy and it could take weeks or even months to determine why it stranded itself.
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Beached killer whale dies after grounding itself on Florida beachOfficials said they are transporting the animal to a lab for a necropsy and it could take weeks or even months to determine why it stranded itself.
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Beached killer whale dies after grounding itself on Florida beachOfficials said they are transporting the animal to a lab for a necropsy and it could take weeks or even months to determine why it stranded itself.
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