{"id":389117,"date":"2025-11-19T04:27:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T04:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/389117\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T04:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T04:27:15","slug":"massive-sperm-whale-washes-ashore-on-nantucket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/389117\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive sperm whale washes ashore on Nantucket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/416cb441e85dc98c9a73c297daa06146.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A dead sperm whale measuring roughly 50 feet long and weighing an estimated 104,000 pounds washed up on a Nantucket beach over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The whale has been anchored to the shoreline to prevent it from drifting away, allowing experts to conduct a thorough examination, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket has been working closely with specialists from NOAA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare to determine next steps.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After extensive consultation, experts concluded that removing the whale from the beach is not feasible due to its size and weight. A full necropsy off-site is impossible, so the team will perform an in-place examination and collect as many samples as possible. Additional experts from off-island are expected to join the effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sperm whales are protected under the Endangered Species Act, and officials are reminding the public to stay at least 300 feet away from the animal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NOAA\u2019s Environmental Law Office is also involved in the response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Download the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/have-new-device-get-our-free-boston-25-news-weather-apps\/PDC6X7UKOFDBVPV5YJHG3CX36I\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE Boston 25 News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>FREE Boston 25 News app<\/b><\/a><b> for breaking news alerts.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Boston 25 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Boston25News\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boston25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/video\/live-stream\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch Boston 25 News NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch Boston 25 News NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dead sperm whale measuring roughly 50 feet long and weighing an estimated 104,000 pounds washed up on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":389118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[12461,159,185370,185371,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-389117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-noaa","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-sperm-whale","11":"tag-thorough-examination","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115574476053227183","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}