9:33 am on Friday August 22, 2008
| Posted by Ken Hawkins
Pygmy sperm whale washes up on Folly
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According to NOAA's National Ocean Service a pygmy sperm whale was found washed up on Folly Beach around 6:30 this morning.
The whale was some 10-feet long and weighed around 800 pounds. No word on why yet, but The Post and Courier has some speculation.
NOAA
A pygmy sperm whale in happier times. The whale is slightly larger than a human.This week other sperms whales have washed up in Florida on Tuesday (August 19) and in North Carolina on Monday (August 18).
