Watch a battle of the ocean titans as a pod of killer whales attacks a sperm whale. | National Geographic UK

The 52-ton dead sperm whale that washed up on Nantucket last Sunday was towed off the beach at 40th Pole on Friday. With an assist from Trevor Barrett’s excavator on the sand, a small vessel was able to pull the whale carcass off the beach and bring it to the tugboat Lucinda Smith, which was waiting about half a mile offshore. Both vessels are operated by the Robert B. Our Co. The crew of the Lucinda Smith will now transport the whale approximately 50 miles east to dispose of the carcass and ens