A man was taken into custody for cutting the tail off a dead, beached whale in Florida. Chris Hogan was reportedly fishing for blue crab when a passerby told him about the whale.
He found it and used his fishing knife to cut off the tail. A state wildlife official says it appears to be a young pygmy sperm whale - which is a protected species.
It is illegal to possess even parts of an endangered animal... and Hogan says he didn't know that. He said he planned to broil or fry it - considering it safe since the carcass was still warm and had only one fly on it.
The wildlife spokesman says Hogan and another man who allegedly helped him cut up the whale were taken into police custody.
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