CGTN published this video item, entitled “Stranded dolphins ‘doing great’ after rescue in Cape Cod” – below is their description.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said on May 22 that satellite tracking showed seven rescued dolphins were “doing great” after their release back to sea. Dozens of people, including IFAW staff, trained volunteers and AmeriCorps members, stepped in to help the seven Atlantic white-sided dolphins on May 18 after getting beached at low tide in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Footage released by the organization shows the dolphins wrapped in cooling blankets and being transported across a beach. The dolphins were then released in three rounds back to deep waters off Provincetown.
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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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