Mass Whale Stranding off Africa

CHEN:
More than 100 pilot whales, which have bulbous foreheads and can grow to over 4 metres long, beached themselves overnight at Yoff. Yoff is a traditional Lebou fishing community on the Cap Vert peninsula, mainland Africa's most westerly point. Lets take a look:

STORY:
Senegalese fishermen dragged dozens of stranded pilot whales back out to sea this Wednesday but at least 20 more died on the beach.

[Iba Dieye, Fisherman from Yoff]:
"No one slept last night because all the fishermen were called out to help save the whales."

Hours after the mass stranding, local adults and children were still trying to haul some of the remaining live whales back into the waves.

Local fishermen said they would need government help to remove the dead whales from the beach.

They say the rotting carcasses could cause disease and infection.

[Kabore Alassi, Professor, Dakar's Veterinary School]:
"All animal carcasses should be destroyed and shouldn't be eaten. But this is Africa, and if the area is not secured, people are tempted to cut off a piece of flesh, some for their animals, like their dogs, and some to eat themselves."

Local experts said a similar mass beaching of whales had occurred at the same spot some 30 years ago.

Some residents had fallen ill after eating meat from the dead whales.

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[kidfrumshkool]

yeah, the kids already tenderized them nice and good.

[Xx0LuvTokioHotel0xX]

some kids were jumping on thhee dead ones.... :S

[mike17932486]

Beached whale makes a tasty supper.

[adpon]

shouldnt let these whales go to waste. Sell it to the japanese for a tidy profit.

[crossbow121]

30 May 2009 :This morning 55 of these whales beached at Cape Town South Africa 20 were saved and the rest euthenased to put them out of their misery .

the cause is believed to be mid atlantic tectonic pressures as well as accoustic bombardments as a result thereof .

[moleary15]

There is a theory that human sonar activity disrupts the whales.

[elevateenlightenment]

How about Navy Sonar systems?

[riclos08]

Scientists cannot understand why they do this to themselves. May I reiterate, they do this to themselves. Likely it is in response to some upcoming disaster, like Armageddon!