Sperm Whale Found Dead on Cuttyhunk

There were no obvious external wounds on the whale, which was found washed up on the island over the weekend.

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Dead Sperm Whale Found at South Beach
JOSHUA SABATINI


Dead Whale on Beach

By JOSHUA SABATINI


An object drifted toward the South Beach shoreline early Friday afternoon. Pauline Martin, who was visiting Edgartown residents Kosta and Louise George, saw it in the ocean and wondered what it was. When the object washed ashore, they discovered the answer - a male, juvenile sperm whale.


After a day, brown and green pigments dappled the once black-and-white flesh. The tail fin lost its firmness, became a yellow membrane swishing about in the breaking waves.

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