51 Beached Whales Died in Australia. Authorities Are Trying to Save 46 More
51 Beached Whales Died in Australia. Authorities Are Trying to Save 46 More
Nearly 100 pilot whales stranded themselves on a beach in western Australia Tuesday, and more than half had died by Wednesday morning.
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That is so bleak... An entire huge pod beached together. I wonder what could lead to such intelligent animals beaching themselves like that. It sounds like scientists are unsure of what caused them to become beached. Just "maybe illness or stress" but that's pretty vague...
13 0 ReplyMaybe it's the climate.
15 0 ReplyOr a lifetime of constant excruciatingly loud sonar blasts. Combine the two & I'd be beaching myself as well.
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Seems obvious they are committing suicide
2 0 ReplyI would not be so quick to anthropomorphize the behavior of animals.
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Aren't often Freighters and Cruise ships often the reason for ths because it confuses their navigation (and terrifies them)?
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This again... Its like every few years a large pod does this.
Still we don't know why.
4 0 ReplySome speculation that sonar and other underwater noise pollution messes with them and disorients them/makes it hard to communicate
10 0 ReplyIf such a big group can kill themselves together, I have a feeling they can communicate... Probably a group decision
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the end is nigh
2 0 ReplyEvery season a few pods sacrifice themselves to feed the humans so the others can live...
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