ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “Authorities hoping to save nearly 100 stranded whales on Tasmania’s coast | ABC News” – below is their description.
An additional 20 pilot whales have been found alive with hopes they can be added to the 88 already saved and lured to deeper water.
Authorities say to be able to save nearly 100 of the 470 whales that beached on Sunday is a fantastic result.
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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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