Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales In Australia, Hundreds Beyond Rescue – IOTW Report

Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales In Australia, Hundreds Beyond Rescue

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More pilot whales were found stranded in Australia on Wednesday, raising the estimated total to nearly 500, including 380 that have died, in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country.

Authorities had already been working to rescue survivors among an estimated 270 whales found Monday on a beach and two sand bars near the remote coastal town of Strahan on the southern island state of Tasmania.

Another 200 stranded whales were spotted from a helicopter on Wednesday less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) to the south, Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service Manager Nic Deka said. More

13 Comments on Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales In Australia, Hundreds Beyond Rescue

  1. ok, I have to admit that my first reaction was, “why do they call them ‘pilot’ whales when they’re beaching themselves”?

    but, it’s a tragic situation that we cannot explain … particularly w/ the ridiculous excuse of ‘man-made climate’. species survive or die according to God’s plan … not ours

    … & we are late arrivals in that plan

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  2. Whales breath air – I see no apparent reason for them to die on land initially. They would die eventually from starvation as they would not be able to hunt and kill anything on land as far as I can tell.

    Maybe they were suffering from the Jonestown Syndrome.

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