Beached whale in Redcar

This was captured by my camera at Redcar beach The poor mammal was washed up on to the shore through to it being starving. The species feeds on squid and fish, diving as deep as 3 kilometres (9,800 ft), which makes it the deepest diving mammal. Its diet includes giant squid and colossal squid. The sperm whale's clicking vocalization is the loudest sound produced by any animal, but its functions are uncertain. These whales live in groups called pods. Pods of females and their young live separately from older males. The females cooperate to protect and nurse their young. Females give birth every three to six years, and care for the calves for more than a decade.
The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale (odontocete) having the largest brain of any animal.
Historically, the sperm whale was also known as the common cachalot; "cachalot" is derived from an archaic French word for "tooth". Over most of the period from the early 18th century until the late 20th century, the sperm whale was hunted to obtain spermaceti and other products, such as sperm oil and ambergris. Spermaceti found many important uses, such as candles, soap, cosmetics and machine oil. Due to its size, the sperm whale could sometimes defend itself effectively against whalers. In the most famous example, a sperm whale attacked and sank the American whaleship Essex in 1820. As a result of whaling, the sperm whale is currently listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. The sperm whale has few natural predators, since few are strong enough to successfully attack a healthy adult; orcas attack pods and kill calves. The sperm whale can live for more than 70 years. Unfortunately this one did won't make it.

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[XxiReJeCtZxX]

I didn't put this video on so we can all gorp at it and laugh at it, it is reality, like people,they are born and they die but this can tell us how to stop this from happening again and hopefully people will think about creatures like this more. When was the last time you thought about a sperm whale and what goes on in our seas and oceans and how they have to survive and how to keep them and many other creatures from becoming extincted? I am not an idiot i love animals especially marine life

[boldovah]

I used to come to Redcar when I was a kid and I thought I saw a whale not far off shore one day. My folks told me I was imagining it. Maybe not...

[XxiReJeCtZxX]

@boldovah you do get whales in our part of the world even off the coast of Sunny Redcar But not Sperm Whales so you might of seen some sort of whale.

[XxiReJeCtZxX]

Yes it was Dead the poor thing died around 9.30 am on the morning and they where trying to hold it back from the tide to be examined properly the next day.

[CloudChameleon]

<3 R.I.P <3

[EnglandNE]

In the early 1970s a whale was washed up here. It was put on the back of a lorry and taken around the local towns. I have a vague memory of seeing it at Clairville Common in Middlesbrough.

[lol732]

Poignant! I'm glad you posted it! Its educational! A lot of people have no concept of what a whale is or of its size! Seeing footage of even a dead whale will encourage a lot of people to learn more. WE need to protect all the worlds bounty!

[primarkopolop]

@XxiReJeCtZxX yeah ignore that knob, she (im guessing 'she') is obviously just someone who loves to complain about nothing, theres nout wrong with posting it on here, its just raising awareness about the incident isnt it, i mean she calls herself an animal lover but she doesn't 'love' this whale in particular does she, who's she kidding really? absolute bullshit is what it is lol. once again no harm done here dont make this person guilt trip you.

[Leeds86ify]

The wildlife magazines are actually non-fiction and are very educational unless people know of any fiction magazines ocz i and anybody else don't coz there isn't any ficitious wildlife magazines.

[Leeds86ify]

Animals are one of the things are remain interested in especially endangered animals and the diligent work that is undergone to ensure the maintainance of the species is the best part as it is the most rewarding. Caring animal lovers don't post videos on the internet for others to look at. That is turning into human cinema and a spectacle of a dead creature which sounds pretty sick when you think. The best way to remember this creature is by remembering it as it was which I do have a clue about

[Leeds86ify]

I am actually an animal lover and recently read an article about the life of a sperm whale in the May 2011 edition of BBC Wildlife Magazine off the coast of Dominica in the Caribbean. It was very thought provoking, informative and compelling and I learnt a lot about sperm whales from reading that one article. If you really want to know more about sperm whales then read that article it will have post on the internet if you haven't got the magazine.

[Leeds86ify]

Which idiot has posted this on you tube haven't you got any respect, compassion or any morality? Would you like to be filmed if you were lying there dead I bet you wouldn't Shame on you show some respect, dignity and compassion for dead animals