This photo released by Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, shows whales stranded on Ocean Beach at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast of Tasmania of Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022.
HOBART, Australia — About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the southeastern coast. The pod, which is stranded on Ocean Beach, appears to be pilot whales and at least half are presumed to still be alive, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania said Wednesday.
A team from the Marine Conservation Program was assembling whale rescue gear and heading to the area, the department said.the whales were visible near the entrance to Macquarie Harbour and described the stranding as a “massive event.”“Whales are a protected species, even once deceased, and it is an offence to interfere with a carcass,” the environment department said.
Griffith University marine scientist Olaf Meynecke said it’s unusual for sperm whales to wash ashore. He said that warmer temperatures could also be changing the ocean currents and moving the whale’s traditional food sources.“They will be going to different areas and searching for different food sources,” Meynecke said. “When they do this, they are not in the best physical condition because they might be starving so this can lead them to take more risks and maybe go closer to shore.
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This could be due to an impending polar reversal. Animals use the earth’s magnetic field to navigate. The North Pole has been wandering at a rate of 34 miles/year for the past 2 decades.
Heavy Navy sonar drills scrambling the brains of most mammals who also rely on sonar and clicks. Causes a storm of activity in their brains and they unfortunately are forced out of the water to stop the sounds.
Just drop that meteor already. We don't deserve this planet anymore
If you really want to save your own and your childrens future and help whales and everything else alive on our small and vulnerable spaceship Earth stop driving car and fly across the world! Rethink your behaviour as a customer and do this FAST! Time is running out..!
This is devastating.
what do they know?
That's horrible. So very sad.