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What a day. I went back to the beach this afternoon instead of staring at the charts and 2 pygmy sperm whales stranded right in front of us, a calf and then the adult.
I was able to get the calf back in the water and through the surf but 20 min later we saw the adult stranded about 1/4 mile away. Along with a few others we were able to keep the adult upright, shaded and watered until a rescue team from UNC Wilmington arrived. They loaded it up and took it to the vet for examination. Apparently they live 30-50 miles off shore and if it was in here, it had to be pretty ill.
Regardless, it was quite an impressive display of nature's majesty.
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