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People pay tribute to dead sperm whale that washed up on Nantucket beach

Nantucket residents were encouraged on Thursday to pay their respects to a 52-ton sperm whale that washed up dead on the island on Sunday before it gets towed back out to sea, officials said.

“Many have come to see the animal and pay respects with flowers and petals,” the Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket said in a press release. “It is a sad event, but a rare learning opportunity.”

The whale, which is too large to be moved to a location where a necropsy could be performed to determine its cause of death, had its jaw excised by NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement on Wednesday.

Dead Sperm Whale On North Shore To Be Towed Out To Sea

The dead sperm whale that washed up on Nantucket's north shore on Sunday will be towed out to sea before Thanksgiving, town manager Libby Gibson announced Wednesday night.

The carcass of the 50-foot male sperm whale weighs an estimated 104,000 pounds, or 52 tons, and has been the talk of the town since it washed ashore last weekend at the popular 40th Pole beach.

Sperm whales, which were hunted by Nantucketers for their spermaceti oil all over the world during the 19th century, are the largest toothed predator on Earth. The species inhabits deep oceanic waters and is classified as endangered, so it’s a rare occurrence to spot one – alive or dead.

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