KEY LARGO, Fla. -- Two pygmy sperm whales separately rescued off the Florida Keys have died within two days of each other.
An 11-foot-long, 950-pound whale died Saturday, a day after it was found stranded near Islamorada and taken to the Marine Mammal Conservancy in Key Largo.
On Thursday another pygmy sperm whale died after more than a month of treatment by conservancy officials and volunteers.
The 1,200-pound mammal was found stranded Jan. 22.
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