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| Whale stranded off Norfolk coast near Hunstanton | Whale stranded off Norfolk coast near Hunstanton |
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| Rescue teams have been attempting to save a stranded whale just off the Norfolk shore. | Rescue teams have been attempting to save a stranded whale just off the Norfolk shore. |
| A group of at least four whales were seen north of Hunstanton during the afternoon, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said. | A group of at least four whales were seen north of Hunstanton during the afternoon, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said. |
| An RNLI spokeswoman said its hovercraft had taken marine life experts to assess the whale which was still stuck in water with a depth of about 6ft (2m). | |
| She said: "It looks quite injured and is in difficulty." | She said: "It looks quite injured and is in difficulty." |
| Gary Pearson, who lives in Dersingham, saw the whales at about 16:00 GMT and said he was told they had been there for a couple of hours. | Gary Pearson, who lives in Dersingham, saw the whales at about 16:00 GMT and said he was told they had been there for a couple of hours. |
| "Two had already got out to deeper water, but two were still in trouble and one got away when I was there," he said. | "Two had already got out to deeper water, but two were still in trouble and one got away when I was there," he said. |
| "The remaining one was thrashing around and in distress. It looks like an adult sperm whale to me and I wouldn't be surprised if it was 40ft [12m] long. | "The remaining one was thrashing around and in distress. It looks like an adult sperm whale to me and I wouldn't be surprised if it was 40ft [12m] long. |
| "It's probably stuck between these boulders covered in algae which you can see exposed at low tide." | "It's probably stuck between these boulders covered in algae which you can see exposed at low tide." |