51 Beached Whales Died in Australia. Authorities Are Trying to Save 46 More

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51 Whales Dead After Beaching in Australia
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That is so bleak... An entire huge pod beached together. I wonder what could lead to such intelligent animals beaching themselves like that. It sounds like scientists are unsure of what caused them to become beached. Just "maybe illness or stress" but that's pretty vague...

Aren't often Freighters and Cruise ships often the reason for ths because it confuses their navigation (and terrifies them)?

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This again... Its like every few years a large pod does this.

Still we don't know why.

Some speculation that sonar and other underwater noise pollution messes with them and disorients them/makes it hard to communicate

If such a big group can kill themselves together, I have a feeling they can communicate... Probably a group decision

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Every season a few pods sacrifice themselves to feed the humans so the others can live...