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32 Out Of 200 Beached Whales in Tasmania Have Been Rescued

32 Out Of 200 Beached Whales in Tasmania Have Been Rescued

October 8, 2022October 5, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Wildlife experts rescued 32 out of the 230 beached pilot whales that were found stranded on the remote west coast of Australia’s island state of Tasmania. Half of the pod of whales were stranded in Macquarie Harbour and were thought to still be alive on Wednesday, according to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment […]

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‘Forever chemicals’ are now found not only in whales but also in human lungs!

‘Forever chemicals’ are now found not only in whales but also in human lungs!

June 25, 2022June 12, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Scientists detected a strange effect on the stress hormones of North Atlantic right whales in the aftermath of 9/11. Ships are abundant in our oceans, yet there was a huge slowdown in traffic throughout the North Atlantic eastern seaboard immediately after the planes flew into the twin buildings, lowering undersea noise. While the rest of […]

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Stranded 19-meter sperm whale refloated and saved by Chinese fishermen

Stranded 19-meter sperm whale refloated and saved by Chinese fishermen

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 Supertrooper 1 Comment

A beached sperm whale was rescued near the port city of Xianjiang in China’s Zhejiang province after being stranded for about 21 hours. According to local media, a fisherman discovered the stranded 19-meter sperm whale and alerted authorities. Authorities attempt to save the gorgeous whale and eventually succeed in returning it to the water, as […]

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Hunger, disorientation blamed for pilot whale mass stranding in Indonesia

Hunger, disorientation blamed for pilot whale mass stranding in Indonesia

May 2, 2021April 27, 2021 Supertrooper 2 Comments

DENPASAR, Indonesia — Lung damage, hunger and disorientation have been cited as the factors that led a pod of 52 pilot whales to a mass stranding on an Indonesian island earlier this year. Indonesian wildlife experts last week publicly announced their findings from the necropsies conducted on 34 of the 52 short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala […]

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Sri Lankans save pilot whales in epic rescue after mass stranding

Sri Lankans save pilot whales in epic rescue after mass stranding

November 13, 2020November 9, 2020 Supertrooper 1 Comment

PANADURA, Sri Lanka — Volunteers in Sri Lanka defied the ongoing COVID-19 second wave to join a mammoth overnight rescue effort to push more than 100 stranded pilot whales back into the sea. At least five whales were reported to have died despite the efforts. The whales beached in the southwestern town of Panadura, about […]

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380 whales dead in worst mass stranding in Australia’s history

380 whales dead in worst mass stranding in Australia’s history

October 1, 2020September 28, 2020 Supertrooper 2 Comments

About 380 pilot whales were confirmed dead in Tasmania’s west on Wednesday afternoon with rescuers fighting to save the remaining 30 that are still alive. More than 450 long-finned pilot whales were caught on sandbanks and beaches inside Macquarie Harbour, with a rescue effort starting on Tuesday morning. Some 50 whales have been rescued and […]

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