Newborn sperm whale calf strands on beach near Marineland

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — A newborn sperm whale calf stranded Wednesday afternoon on a beach near Marineland.

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The 12½-foot male stranded near the University of Florida’s Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, north of the Flagler-St. Johns county line.

Officials said the whale will be humanely euthanized because it is not a suitable candidate for rehabilitation.

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Newborn sperm whale calf A newborn sperm whale calf stranded on a beach Wednesday afternoon near Marineland. (Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute)

Newborn sperm whale calf strands near Marineland A newborn sperm whale calf stranded on a beach Wednesday afternoon near Marineland. (Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute)

Newborn sperm whale calf A newborn sperm whale calf stranded on a beach Wednesday afternoon near Marineland. (Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute)

Newborn sperm whale calf strands near Marineland A newborn sperm whale calf stranded on a beach Wednesday afternoon near Marineland. (Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute)

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission led the response effort to the stranding.

Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, Marineland, the Whitney Lab, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, St. Johns County Fire Rescue and St. Johns County Beach Services assisted FWC with its response.

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In January, a killer whale died after stranding itself south of Jungle Hut Park in Palm Coast.

Click here to read more about that, and scroll below to see photos.

Read: Orca dies after beaching itself in Palm Coast

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Orca dies in Flagler County Killer whale strands in Palm Coast. (Flagler County Sheriff's Office)

Killer whale stranding in Palm Coast Killer whale strands in Flagler County. (WFTV)

Orca beached Deputies said SeaWorld biologists and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials are assisting with the whale’s necropsy and removal. (WFTV.com News Staff)

Killer whale beaches itself A killer whale beached itself Wednesday in Flagler County. (Flagler County Sheriff's Office)

Orca beached A 21-foot Orca died Wednesday after it beached itself in Palm Coast. (Flagler County Sheriff's Office)

Killer whale beaches itself A killer whale beached itself Wednesday in Flagler County. (Flagler County Sheriff's Office)

Orca whale A 21-foot Orca whale died Wednesday after it beached itself in Palm Coast. (Flagler County Sheriff's Office)

Orca beached A 21-foot Orca died Wednesday after it beached itself in Palm Coast. (Flagler County Sheriff's Office)