"Officials Investigate Stranding of 70-Foot Sperm Whale off Venice, Florida Coast"
TL;DR
A sperm whale is beached on a sandbar off the coast of Venice, Florida, prompting law enforcement officials to close the entrance to Service Club Park as wildlife teams assess the situation. The whale, still alive as of Sunday afternoon, is being assisted by police and members of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. Sperm whales, the largest toothed whale species, faced population decline due to human harvesting until whaling was halted in 1988, and are now protected as an endangered species.
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- Sperm whale beached off Venice, Florida, officials say CNN
- 70-foot sperm whale beached on sandbar off coast of Venice, Florida USA TODAY
- Sarasota County law enforcement investigate beached whale WTSP.com
- Photos of sperm whale beached on sandbar off Venice Beach, Florida near Service Club Park Sarasota Herald-Tribune
- 70-foot beached whale stranded off of Venice coast WFLA
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