ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “About 380 pilot whales dead after mass stranding on Tasmania’s West Coast, 50 saved | ABC News” – below is their description.
Rescuers say they have managed to save 50 whales from the large group beached on Tasmania’s West Coast — but 380 animals have died, with 30 still stranded and clinging to life. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
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Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach. Beached whales often die due to dehydration, collapsing under their own weight, or drowning when high tide covers the blowhole. Cetacean stranding has occurred since before recorded history.
Several explanations for why cetaceans strand themselves have been proposed, including changes in water temperatures, peculiarities of whales’ echolocation in certain surroundings, and geomagnetic disturbances, but none have so far been universally accepted as a definitive reason for the behavior. However, a link between the mass beaching of beaked whales and use of mid-frequency active sonar has been found.
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