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| Sperm whales beached in Skegness following Hunstanton death | Sperm whales beached in Skegness following Hunstanton death |
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| Three dead sperm whales found washed up on a beach in Lincolnshire are "believed to be from the same pod" as a whale which died at Hunstanton. | Three dead sperm whales found washed up on a beach in Lincolnshire are "believed to be from the same pod" as a whale which died at Hunstanton. |
| HM Coastguard said two of the whales were found on a beach near Skegness at about 20:30 GMT on Saturday, while a third was discovered earlier. | HM Coastguard said two of the whales were found on a beach near Skegness at about 20:30 GMT on Saturday, while a third was discovered earlier. |
| The Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme will examine the bodies. | The Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme will examine the bodies. |
| The pod was spotted off the Norfolk coast on Friday before the Hunstanton whale died after becoming stranded. | The pod was spotted off the Norfolk coast on Friday before the Hunstanton whale died after becoming stranded. |
| HM Coastguard said it believed the Skegness and Hunstanton whales to be from the same pod. | HM Coastguard said it believed the Skegness and Hunstanton whales to be from the same pod. |
| It has cordoned off the bodies and is asking the public to keep its distance. | It has cordoned off the bodies and is asking the public to keep its distance. |
| Adam Holmes, the RNLI station press officer for Skegness, said the town was "as busy as a bank holiday" as crowds gathered to look at the bodies. | |
| Scientists from the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, which coordinates the investigation of all whale, dolphin and porpoise strandings in the UK, will carry out a post-mortem. | Scientists from the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, which coordinates the investigation of all whale, dolphin and porpoise strandings in the UK, will carry out a post-mortem. |
| Up to five whales were seen at Hunstanton on Friday just before one of them became stranded and, despite efforts to rescue it, died. | Up to five whales were seen at Hunstanton on Friday just before one of them became stranded and, despite efforts to rescue it, died. |
| Rob Deaville, programme organiser from the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, warned the others were also at "considerable risk" of being stranded. | Rob Deaville, programme organiser from the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, warned the others were also at "considerable risk" of being stranded. |
| His team has taken samples of skin, blubber, teeth and blood from the Hunstanton whale and will carry out similar tests on the ones at Skegness. | His team has taken samples of skin, blubber, teeth and blood from the Hunstanton whale and will carry out similar tests on the ones at Skegness. |
| Sperm whales are deep sea animals and do not belong in the shallow waters of the North Sea. | Sperm whales are deep sea animals and do not belong in the shallow waters of the North Sea. |
| He said: "Every year we get 600 strandings of cetaceans in the UK and a handful, about five or six a year, are sperm whales." | He said: "Every year we get 600 strandings of cetaceans in the UK and a handful, about five or six a year, are sperm whales." |