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07-30-2002, 08:12 PM
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07-30-2002, 08:27 PM
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Such a tragedy...I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw it on TV at work. I love animals, it breaks my heart to see such a thing.  | |
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07-30-2002, 08:59 PM
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Terribly sad.  I love animals, too and it breaks my heart to see them injured, hurting or abused.
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07-30-2002, 09:05 PM
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I agree. I wonder what made them beach.
Typically whales only beach themselves when they are sick and dying. I doubt that many would do that in one spot at one time. They must have gotten lost. I wonder why.
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07-30-2002, 11:06 PM
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Holy crap....that many at one time.....terrible | |
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07-30-2002, 11:12 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by Cruez
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Most of the whales that end up on shore do it one at a time, but every so often a whole herd of whales will come ashore at the same time. The only whales that do this also happen to be whales that live in big herds. For example pilot whales mass strand, baleen whales do not. Of all of the whales species only a few (a half a dozen or so) mass strand. Although the exact reason they do this will probably vary from place to place, the real
reason is that these whales do EVERYTHING together. For pilot whales (that mass strand a lot) they live together, they feed together, and when they make a mistake near shore, they can all come ashore together.
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New England Aquarium
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07-30-2002, 11:13 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by daveleau
I doubt that many would do that in one spot at one time. They must have gotten lost. I wonder why.
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Most of the whales that end up on shore do it one at a time, but every so often a whole herd of whales will come ashore at the same time. The only whales that do this also happen to be whales that live in big herds. For example pilot whales mass strand, baleen whales do not. Of all of the whales species only a few (a half a dozen or so) mass strand. Although the exact reason they do this will probably vary from place to place, the real
reason is that these whales do EVERYTHING together. For pilot whales (that mass strand a lot) they live together, they feed together, and when they make a mistake near shore, they can all come ashore together.
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Edgerton Research Laboratory
New England Aquarium
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07-30-2002, 11:34 PM
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I heard something about U.S. Navy sonar.
But then again, I have no idea what I'm talking about.
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