The entrance to the harbor is a notoriously shallow and dangerous channel known as Hell’s Gate.
“Last time they were actually in the harbor and it’s quite calm and we could, sort of, deal with them in there and we could get the boats up to them,” Kringle said. Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist specializing in marine mammals, said it was too early to explain why the stranding had occurred. Fourteen sperm whales were discovered Monday afternoon on King Island, part of the state of Tasmania in the Bass Strait between Melbourne and Tasmania’s northern coast.
Very sad. What is causing this dramatic shift in behavior or environment?
So devastating 🥺
💔
Heart wrenching
Widespread naval sonar wreaking havoc in the brains of mammals reliant on sonar and clicks.
HOPE THEY ARE SAVED.
Tragic
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