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The Island Packet on MSN1d
Why did a juvenile sperm whale wash up on Hilton Head? The proof isn’t in the blubber
A crew of 25 people performed a necropsy on the animal Monday, after it had been euthanized, to probe deeper into why it ...
Post and Courier3d
End comes quietly for whale stranded on Hilton Head beach
The body of a male sperm ... state lines to sedate and euthanize the whale, after others had provided hospice care, splashing it with water and covering its dark grey body with towels. The animal ...
WNCT on MSN9d
Pygmy sperm whale calf found stranded in Emerald Isle, N.C.
On Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025, the NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology personnel found a live pygmy sperm whale ...
Lexington Herald Leader9d
Elusive whale calf appears on NC beach and dies before help can arrive, lab says
It was identified as a pygmy sperm calf by the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology at N.C. State University. “Pygmy sperm whales are pelagic ... strand alive. This animal was a female ...
The Herald SC8d
Massive dead whale drew thousands to NC shore 97 years ago. What happened to it?
Historians believe “more than 50,000 people from at least six states” flocked to see the sperm whale after it was first ... concerns mounted, state historians wrote in a Facebook post.