When Keiko the killer whale, star of the movie "Free Willy," beached himself earlier this month in western Norway, the story of probably the most expensive animal in human history came to an end.

The shape is a little discordant; from some angles, the building looks like a metallic whale beached beside the memorial.

One of the largest in recent years occurred in 1982, when 59 whales beached in Wellfleet.

They succeeded once, but the whale beached itself again.

In 1598, a whale beached at Wijk aan Zee.

The whale had beached itself.

On January 15, 1885 a 40 ton and 19 meters long whale beached in Luc sur Mer.

I had seen whales beached on the coast... The dragons I had seen were like chicks compared to roosters.

The whale beached several times during the day as the tide went out.

And twelve beaked whales beached themselves right after those tests.