Raw Video: Beached Sperm Whales in Australia

Rescuers in Australia worked around the clock on Friday to try and save a pod of stranded sperm whales, washed up on a sandbar off the Australian coast. Only five whales were thought to still be alive, from a group of around 50. (Jan. 23)

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[concantenation]

They were trying to evolve

[elginsweeperfan]

is anyone here a marine biologist?

[thoostorm4]

@elginsweeperfan no he is a phuktwit

[taylorgangwiz94]

did those three guys think that they were really gonna move a fucking whale?

[monsterdrumworks]

there called sperm whales because the oil in there head is clear till it hits air and looks like sperm

[emsepet]

@alotosius Cetaceans have many more senses than we do, including magnetic detection and echolocation. Large scale, low frequency SONAR testing can essentially "jam" their echolocation, which renders them blind in the water. Local magnetic anomalies can also confuse the whales, leading them to think they are somewhere they aren't. Both of these things disorient them, ultimately leading to a stranding. And since cetaceans are such social animals, if one strands, the whole pod is likely to.

[emsepet]

@elginsweeperfan yep, i'm studying marine mammal behavior and cognition at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. I assist with small cetacean strandings and large whale entanglement responses. This kind of thing happens all the time :(

[MrTexasjaguar]

@thesiobon, One reason this very possibly happened is one of the whales was sick and got beached. These whales are very loyal to a pod member they will die with a family member. One was sick and the others stayed to be with their family member this actually happens a lot. Many people think it's a phenomenon but it's really loyalty and love that kills off entire pods. They will not leave on behind and so they all die, very sad to see.

[thesiobon]

why did this happen :(

[AmberSaric]

MASSACRE

[lukebccb]

Whenever I hear of "beached whales" I always think of an ex-girlfriend.

[auntjemima17]

hehehehe.... sperm whales