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Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

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A dead sperm whale washed up on a beach in Florence, Oregon in November 1970. It was so big that the authorities decided to blow it up - with disastrous consequences.

These whales never get closer than 80 to 100 miles off of shore and they prefer deeper water. "Our most recent sperm whale stranding in Alabama was in 2020," Russel said.

KATU was there live to film the whole strange story. On November 9, 1970, a dead sperm whale washed ashore on a beach in Florence.

In November 1970, a dead sperm whale washed up on a beach near Florence on the Oregon Coast. To get rid of it, officials decided to put dynamite around it and blow it up.

It has been 44 years since America’s first viral news story occurred. It all went down on a beach in Florence, Oregon when the carcass of a 45-foot sperm whale was exploded on the beach by an ...