The 70-foot whale is stranded not far off Florida's Gulf Coast.
The whale has got stuck on a sandbar Experts are racing to try and save a huge sperm whale which has beached itself on a sandbar. The 70-foot whale is stranded not far off Florida’s Gulf Coast and Venice police say the huge mammal is still alive. It beached on a sandbar about 50 years from Service Club Park, and a cordon has been put in place to keep people away and allow authorities to assess the whale’s health.
While it may seem like an obvious solution, it’s rarely appropriate for beached whales to simply be moved straight back into the sea. Attempts to push whales back into the sea, while well-intentioned, could cause them painful injuries. As they’re such huge creatures, if they thrash they could further injure themselves or the people involved.