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Sydney (AFP) March 17, 2011 A pod of around 30 pilot whales became stranded on Bruny Island, south of the Tasmanian state capital Hobart, on Thursday, wildlife authorities said. Department of Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Liz Wren told the Hobart Mercury newspaper that 12 of the whales were still alive with people on the beach trying to move them back into the water. "Preliminary reports indicate around 30 whales have stranded with some believed to be still alive," a statement from the department said. Initial reports indicated they were pilot whales. Whale strandings happen periodically in Tasmania, but scientists do not know why they happen.
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Effects of sonar on whales studiedSt. Andrews, Scotland (UPI) Mar 15, 2011 A study by Scottish researchers says whales can be disturbed by naval sonar and are particularly sensitive to the man-made sounds. Scientists studying beaked whale populations in the Bahamas say sonar for naval communication has been a suspect in beaked whale stranding in the past, the BBC reported Tuesday. Beaked whales are an elusive group of small whales named for their elonga ... read more |
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