At Least 380 Whales Dead In Australia's Largest-Ever Mass Stranding

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At least 380 pilot whales have died off the coast of Tasmania in what experts are calling Australia's largest mass stranding event ever recorded.

can be as long as 23 feet and weigh several tons. They have been known to form pods as large as 1,000 members.

Ongoing rescue efforts will focus on those whales that are more likely to be alive and those most easily reached, marine scientist Vanessa Pirotta"Unfortunately, they do have a very strong social system, and these animals are very closely bonded. And that's why we have seen so many in this case unfortunately end up in this situation," Pirotta said."They are wanting to return back to the pod.

"We do know we can't leave them in the harbor because they will present a range of issues. We are committed to retrieving and disposing," he said. The world's largest recorded mass stranding occurred in the New Zealand territory of the Chatham Islands in 1918, Reuters reports, when 1,000 whales were stuck.

 

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What sound frequencies of love have just departed our world? Deepest gratitude for the mighty wisdom music of love’s ocean Beings. Who ever heard of such unimaginable numbers, leaving at once? We pray for forgiveness and the infinite call to compassion.

when whales f====d up 200 yrs ago nobody was there or they were happier than pigs in sh=t free food / oil/ fertilizer / soap/perfume / etc martha the fish jumped into the boat

That's terrible!

🥺terrible....

Well that is grim.

Global warming the end is nigh, did I do that right?

These are the ones that fail the license test

The NPR content we all miss!

What if this is nature’s example of what bad leadership will do

Japan did it

Scientists are considering changing their name.

Horrifying

No one is surprised when we see what global warming is doing. Only heart broken that we can’t get leadership in this country to help us slow this life ending crisis down at the bare minimum.

They're all trying to tell us something: Mother Nature is PISSED. 😔 SaveTheWhales (how 1970's of me)

Trump's fault

Where’s the racist angle?

thats probably a good percentage of them that's left :(

😱 🐳😱

😭

This is the militarys fault.

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