Did you see that 149 pilot whales died after running aground in New Zealand?

If the news of a single beaching whale that is dying is already devastating, imagine when it comes to almost 150 at a time! However, this is what happened recently in New Zealand, unfortunately. The animals were discovered by Liz Carlson, a travel blogger who was trailing a beach on Stewart Island, which is part of New Zealand territory, but most had already died.

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Mysterious tragedy

According to Avery Thompson of the Popular Mechanics website, a total of 149 pilot whales ( Globicephala ) were found, animals that can measure up to 8.5 meters in length, and no one can tell what led such a large group. running aground on the beach. According to Avery, Stewart Island has a population of only 350 people, and whales have been discovered on a remote beach.

With regard to the few individuals still alive when the group of whales were discovered, and they are already in a very precarious situation, the location of the beach would make it very difficult to conduct rescue operations and attempts to return them to sea. Thus, the New Zealand authorities concluded that, to abbreviate the suffering of animals, the best solution was to subject them to euthanasia.

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As we mentioned, no one can tell how so many whales have run aground on the beach at once. However, some theories have been proposed, such as the occurrence of some weather event, environmental stress and failures in the navigation "system" that these animals use to travel the oceans.

Another strong suspicion is that the noise emitted by boats has caused the whales to swim to the beach - interference that is causing similar accidents with increasing regularity and has even caused these animals to start communicating through corners. on different frequencies than usual. Pity, right?

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