When a dead sperm whale ended up beached

on the same shores as four other members of its pod in less than five months, one rescuer was determined to get to the bottom of what had driven it there.

People didn’t seem to care that much about these sea giants, but he wanted to find out the reason for their untimely demise and pay them the respect they deserved.

After inspecting the inside of the whale, he was shocked by what they found. The discovery solved a year-long mystery into why so many whales were washing up on this exact stretch of beach and kicked off a new nationwide movement to protect the oceans.