The carcass of a whale that beached itself in Venice, Florida, last weekend, was towed back out to sea this week, and the owner of a marine assistance company captured video of sharks feeding on the leviathan — after towing it out to sea. 

Capt. Craig Marcum, owner of Sea Tow Venice, told Fox News Digital that he rushed to the beach after getting an alert that a whale was stranded off the coast on Sunday.

"The seas were very rough — they were three to four feet, and the waves were breaking right at the whale on the sandbar," Marcum said. 

He said he circled the whale in his boat and made eye contact with the mammal several times. 

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"Making eye contact with the whale was just hard to describe," Macum said. "I had a helpless feeling, because soon after, a woman named Denise who is a whale stranding expert was on scene, and she said that it’s not a good idea to try to tow this whale. It’ll probably fracture its spine. It might sink your boat. It might kill you."

Marcum said they were forced to wait to help the whale, adding that the mammal "didn’t look right," although he’s not a whale expert, and wasn’t sure if it was sick. 

Marcum said the water eventually got so rough that the sheriff’s department had to go back ashore, "and then we came by land and stayed until dark and then, of course, by the next morning the whale had passed" and they were able to start preparing to tow it after the necropsy was done. 

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Aided by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, Marcum and his Sea Tow vessel towed the deceased whale 15 miles off the Gulf Coast during the next high tide on Tuesday. The next day, they returned to the carcass to make sure no one was tampering with it, and that it wasn’t coming back ashore. That's when Marcum said he saw "multiple tiger sharks feeding on the carcass."

Marcum said his company is partnered with the Mote Marine Laboratory, who headed the beaching incident and the necropsy, adding that he was "impressed by their professionalism and their respect for the whale."

Watching their team do the necropsy was like "watching a skilled surgeon at work," Marcum said. "I was just kind of blown away by how incredible their skills were and how they knew exactly what to do every step of the way." 

Gretchen Lovewell of Mote Marine Laboratory told FOX 13: "It’s a gut punch. You know, we get into this because we desperately love animals, but we have to put human safety first and when you have an animal this big thrashing in the surf, the kind of surf we had yesterday, it’s a gut punch. We want to help so badly. We sat out here all day yesterday waiting for that opportunity and, unfortunately, it never came." 

Marcum told FOX 13 that taking the whale back to the water was the "best possible" outcome of the situation after the whale died. 

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"We could have had a situation where they cut the whale up and took it to a landfill. That would have been terrible," he said. "We know there was a possibility of burying it on the beach once again. That is kind of a waste, but taking it offshore and letting the cycle of life complete itself and knowing that it was creating life for tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of other creatures, maybe even millions, kind of set us at ease knowing that was happening."

St. Patrick's Day is an occasion that many people, Irish or not, look forward to celebrating across the United States.

St. Patrick's Day is made complete with festive parades filled with Irish culture. 

Thousands, in some cases millions, line the streets at parades across the country for the occasion. 

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Check out these popular St. Patrick's Day parades that you can attend this year. 

Just make sure to secure your spot early at these highly attended events.

New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade brings in 2 million visitors every year, according NYC's St. Patrick's Day Parade website. 

There is also an impressive number of people — 150,000 — who march in the parade, which begins at East 44th Street and travels up Fifth Avenue and ends at East 79th Street.

This historic parade dates back to 1762. Since its start, volunteers have been the organizers of the event, according to the website.

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If you plan on attending the largest and oldest St. Patrick's Day parade in the country, come prepared for a long day. Typically, the parade runs about five to six hours from start to finish, with a start time of 11 a.m.

You can catch a huge St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago as well. The parade lasts around three hours and has been an annual event since 1843, according to ChooseChicago.com.

Each year since 1962, usually on the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day, the Chicago River is dyed green, according to the site.

Many gather to watch the river receive its new color.

The dye only lasts for a few hours, so if you want to catch a photo or a glimpse, be sure to arrive on time. You can experience the river by boarding a cruise during the time it is dyed.

Boston has the highest concentration of Irish descendants in the United States, according to Irish Central, and it is no surprise that they take the holiday very seriously.

Not only can you enjoy a St. Patrick's Day parade in Boston, you can also run (or observe) the St. Patrick's Day road race that takes place in the city.

There are also tons of Irish pubs and music events to experience during St. Patrick's Day and the days leading up to it.

The St. Patrick's Day events in Savannah, Georgia, start early and run late. Festivities typically start around the city on March 16 and run through March 19.

Savannah is home to one of the largest parades in the country. There are about 400,000 individuals who get together to watch the parade, according to Explore Georgia.

Savannah, similar to Chicago, has a Greening of the Fountain Ceremony at Forsyth Park for visitors to enjoy, according to the website.

Denver hosts parades, bar crawls and festivals in many of the local Irish pubs around the city.

One of the popular pubs in the area is Scruffy Murphy's, located next to Coors Field. At this pub, guests can enjoy Irish cuisine like shepherd's pie and beer, including Guinness.

Kansas City has been celebrating St. Patrick's Day since 1873, according to Trips to Discover. On average, 200,000 people will come to the city to watch the annual parade.

You can participate in one of the marathons the city has to offer, and there are activities for children.

Phoenix is one of the cities in the U.S. that takes St. Patrick's Day celebrations to the next level.

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It hosts an annual parade equipped with bagpipers, Irish step dancers, marching bands, floats and more. It also hosts the Irish Family Faire each year.

The very first St. Patrick's Day parade in Cleveland was in 1842, according to WKYC. In 2019, Cleveland was ranked one of the top cities in the U.S. to celebrate St. Patty's Day, according to a WalletHub survey.

The parade now draws in half a million people for the festivities, according to Cleveland Traveler. The 2024 theme for the parade is "Ireland: One Island One Nation."

Cleveland's Irish-American community is evident in the numerous Irish pubs from the east side to the west side. Some of the most popular include Mullarkey's Irish Pub, Nora's Public House, Flannery's Pub and Parnell's Irish Pub. Clevelanders and visitors can also sport kilts, wigs and lots of green and participate in the St. Patrick's Day 5K on March 17.

Pittsburgh started its annual parade in 1859, according to USA Today, and will continue the tradition this year downtown.

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The parade that is 1.4 miles long attracts around 200,000 to 350,000 spectators every year, according to Visit Pittsburgh.

Dublin, Ohio, may not celebrate quite like Dublin, Ireland — but it hosts one of the biggest St. Patrick Day party cities in the United States.

Dublin's St. Patrick Day events start off with a morning pancake breakfast.

Residents prepare for the day with a pre-parade Inflation Celebration where all the floats are pumped up, followed by the parade itself.

New Orleans is known to Americans for its Mardi Gras celebrations, but the city brings out the party in everyone for St. Patrick's Day as well.

If you're spending St. Patrick's Day in New Orleans, expect lots of block parties and parades happening all around you.

Beads and flowers are thrown out into the crowd during parades — and sometimes even cabbage.

Dress in your best Irish attire for the popular St. Patrick's Day parade in the Motor City.

This parade attracts 80,000 to 100,000 people every year, according to its website. It is equipped with plenty of marching bands, floats and color guard units to keep you entertained for the two-hour event.

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