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  DLNR NEWS RELEASE-UPDATE-KAUAI SPERM WHALE Posted on Jan 28, 2023 in  Latest Department News ,  Newsroom (KAPA‘A, KAUA‘I) – The cause of death of a 56-foot-long, 120,000-pound sperm whale, that appeared on the reef fronting Lydgate Park, won’t likely be determined for some time. Today, a pair of excavators, social bookmarking site list one large and one small, provided by Kaua‘i County, made numerous attempts to free the whale from the shoreline and move it onto the beach. High tide brought it to shore overnight. This afternoon, a large excavator from the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) joined the two county machines, in another attempt to free the massive animal from the shoreline, where it’s embedded in wet sand. Once the carcass is on dry ground, Dr. Kristi West and her team from the University of Hawai‘i Health and Stranding Lab will begin a preliminary investigation into the whale’s death. “There are many possible causes Social bookmarking site inc...