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About 20 Whales Die After Beaching Themselves in Tasmania

03/17/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

Whales beached themselves in New Zealand and Japan before they were hit by earthquakes.

“Rescuers will be renewing their efforts at first light to save the surviving 10 whales from a pod of about 30 that became stranded at South Bruny Island.

The pod became stranded at the island south of Hobart on Thursday.

The Hobart Mercury reports the team of wildlife biologists and rescuers have been pouring buckets of water on the long-finned pilot whales, hoping to keep them alive through the night.

Efforts to guide the surviving whales back into the water had to be postponed because of failing light, but will resume at first light on Friday.”  Source.

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