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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]
Over 250 boats have been damaged by the orcas and four vessels have sunk. [6] [7] The frequency of attacks has increased over time. From July until November 2020, 52 orca interactions were reported. The behaviour continued into 2021, with another 197 interactions recorded, and into 2022, with 207 interactions.
Oceana, a conservation group based in D.C., has reported numerous collisions between North Atlantic right whales and boats. These collisions have resulted in the deaths of right whales.
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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 ...
Two boaters were flung into the Atlantic Ocean when the whale struck the rear of the vessel. They were rescued by good Samaritans, according to the Coast Guard. Dramatic video shows whale ...
The program, which began in December, comes at a time when visits by humpback whales and transient orcas increase as their populations rebound. To keep whales safe, Coast Guard launches boat alert ...
The humpback whale is a mammal which belongs to the baleen whale suborder. An adult usually ranges between 12–16 m (39–52 ft) long and weighs approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 pounds), or 36 tonnes (40 short tons). [3]