SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. -- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is working to determine if recent deadly red tide blooms killed a whale shark they found washed up.
The FWC found the nearly 26-foot whale shark July 22 on Sanibel Island. WWSB reported that FWC staff performed a necropsy, and that they found the whale shark to be an immature/maturing male.
FWC said the cause of death is still not known, but that the animal was newly deceased and wasn't heavily decomposed.
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