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About 240 pilot whales beached themselves in the northwest of Chatham Island, just 3 days before 240 whales beached themselves at nearby Pitt Island. [43] Chatham Island, New Zealand: 230 195 35 2022 About 230 pilot whales beached themselves on the west coast of Tasmania, exactly two years to the day of another mass stranding in the same area. [44]
In September 2020, more than 450 long-finned pilot whales stranded in Macquarie Harbour on the western coast of Tasmania, in Australia's worst-ever stranding event. Most were stranded on sandbanks and beaches around the mouth of the harbour. 50 were rescued, with the balance, 380 whales, dying. [5] [6]
Pilot whales are notorious for stranding themselves on beaches, ... Their body mass reaches up to 1,300 kg in females and up to 2,300 kg in males. [15]
Last year more than 50 pilot whales died in a mass stranding event in Scotland. The same month wildlife officials in Western Australia said they had to make a heart-breaking decision to euthanize ...
The long-finned pilot whales became stranded on Sanday, Orkney, on Thursday. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
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[17] [18] He noted that the whales were spread along 38.2 kilometres of coast and were separated by a mean distance of 3.5 km (sd=2.8, n=11). This spread in time and location was atypical, as usually whales mass strand at the same place and at the same time. At the time that Dr. Frantzis wrote the article he was unaware of several important ...
Conservationists are renewing their call for more protections for North Atlantic right whales after a newborn appears to be struck by a boat off S.C. 'Very discouraging.' Outrage in Mass. over ...