{"id":348,"date":"2025-09-05T07:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T07:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:55:06","slug":"sperm-whale-washes-up-dead-on-samos-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm whale washes up dead on Samos coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/540683458_1212297207607677_1615667922780851922_n-1.jpg?v=1757003566\" alt=\"Sperm whale washes up dead on Samos coast\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/540683458_1212297207607677_1615667922780851922_n-1-960x600.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[Facebook \/ Archipelagos &#8211; Institute of Marine Conservation]<\/p>\n<p>A young male sperm whale, approximately four meters long and weighing around one ton, washed up dead on the northern coast of Samos island on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the organization Archipelagos, this specific area of the Aegean Sea is one of the most critical migration routes for these mammals, almost throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, this is not the first time a young sperm whale has been found dead in the area, which is concerning given that the species\u2019 normal lifespan is up to 70 years,\u201d said the organization.<\/p>\n<p>A necropsy was performed by specialized veterinarians and marine biologists. Furthermore, samples will be sent to specialized laboratories to determine the exact causes of death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Human intervention has been ruled out as a cause of death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[Facebook \/ Archipelagos &#8211; Institute of Marine Conservation] A young male sperm whale, approximately four meters long and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[553,246,61,60,43,82,263],"class_list":["post-348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animal-protection","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}