2023-11-29 13:02:34
Updated Wednesday, November 29, 2023 – 12:02
Experts do not know the reason for this stranding on the Freycinet Peninsula, an isolated coastal area on the east of the island.
Stranded on a beach in Australia.EL MUNDO
More than 30 pilot whales have died after being stranded on a remote beach on the southern island of Tasmania, in Australia, where these strandings are frequent, authorities reported this Wednesday.
The Tasmanian Department of Environment and Natural Resources said the first dead animals were found on eve on the Freycinet peninsula, an isolated coastal area on the east of the island.
After inspecting the area this Wednesday, authorities found 34 dead pilot whales.
“Staff, including a wildlife veterinarian, are on site to assess the situation and take samples and measure the carcasses,” a department spokesperson told ABC public broadcaster.
For now, Experts do not know the reason for this stranding, although other similar episodes have been linked to diseases, navigation errors, sudden changes in tides, the pursuit of predators or extreme weather conditions.
In September 2022, most of the 230 pilot whales that were stranded in the remote Macquarie Bay, also in Tasmania and which is found on the migratory routes of various species of cetaceans.
While in 2020, Also in Macquarie, some 470 pilot whales would be stranded, of which only a hundred could be rescued and taken to the high seas.
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