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UPDATED: Mother whale and calf beach themselves after shark attack
Beach walkers at Lakewood beach entrance found two pygmy sperm whales, a female and her calf, beached Friday morning. Here's a personal accounty of the drama from Seacrest resident Pauline Sutcliffe.
"Mom whale and young calf were picked up by Gulf World shortly after I took these photos and it was established the calf was about a year old.
"They both suffered bites on their underside by a cookie cutter shark, which leaves puncture type wounds because it seems to twist its jaw after biting.
"This was confirmed by Gulf World.
"I do not have any idea at this point what their prognosis is but they were both in great distress at the time they were transported to Gulf World."
On Sunday afternoon, Sutcliffe said she had learned the whales had died due to their injuries.
