BBC News published this video item, entitled “Rescuers save whales from notorious stranding spot – BBC News” – below is their description.
A group of 28 pilot whales have been successfully refloated after they beached themselves twice in two days at a New Zealand spot known for mass strandings.
Watch as the whales reunite in the safety of the waters after being pushed back out to sea twice by volunteers.
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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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