"Emergency Response: 70-Foot Sperm Whale Stranded off Venice Coast Sparks Recovery Mission"

A 70-foot sperm whale has become beached on a sandbar off the coast of Venice Beach in Florida, prompting officials and marine scientists to assess its condition and attempt to help it. The whale, identified as a sperm whale, is still alive but in a critical state, as it needs to remain in deep waters to survive. Multiple agencies, including Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and others, are monitoring the whale's condition as it remains stranded on the sandbar.