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Researchers work to determine what caused a beached whale to die off Venice coast
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Officials are working to move a beached sperm whale that washed up along the shore in Venice.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) confirmed Monday that the whale had died and that crews are working to pull the 44-foot-long whale onto the shore so that a necropsy can be performed to determine its cause of death.
The necropsy will also give researchers insight into why the sperm whale may have beached itself, according to a spokesperson from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Samples from the whale may need to be sent to a lab for deeper analysis if the reason the whale died is not immediately obvious, according to officials. That process could take all day.
FULL STORY: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/sarasota-county-beached-whale-venice/67-779eeb31-f26c-41cf-8594-1763ce85b7ed