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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Killer whale weighing over 6,000 pounds dies after stranding itself on Florida beach

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A 21ft orca stranded itself on a beach in Palm Coast in Florida after which it died in what is being called the first killer whale stranding in the American Southeast.

The orca whale washed itself ashore in Flagler County, surprising beachgoers, officials said on Wednesday. It weighed more than 6,000 pounds.

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