Sea experts gave up hope of salvation more than 150 False killer whales They were stranded on a remote beach on the Australian island state of Tasmania, the official said on Wednesday.
Experts, including veterinarians, were at the scene near the Arthur River on the northwestern coast of Tasmania, where 157 whales were discovered on Tuesday afternoon on the exposed Surf beach, the Natural Resources and the Environment said.
Adverse ocean and weather conditions that prevented the whales rescued on Wednesday, forecast for days persistent, said the controller of the Shelley Graham incident.
“We were in the water this morning and moved and tried to re -appear two whales, but we had no success because the ocean conditions did not allow animals to pass a break. The animals constantly refrain,” Graham said in a statement.
Marologist Kris Carlyon said the survivors would be euthanized.
“The longer these animals are stranded, the longer they suffer. All alternative options were not successful,” Carlyon said.
The department said there were 136 survivors on Wednesday morning, but that the estimate was revised at 90 within a few hours.
The inappropriateness of the beach, the ocean conditions and the challenges to obtain specialized equipment in the remote area have complicated the answer.
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The young whales weighed only 500 pounds (1,100 pounds), while adults weighed three metric tons (3.3 American tons). Despite their name, false killer whales are one of the biggest members of the Dolphin family.
In this photo provided by the Natural Resources and Tasmania Environment, the woman examines whale after more than 150 fake killers have become stranded, on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, on a remote beach near the Arthur River in the Australian State of Iceland State from Tasmania.
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The Brendon Clark Correspondent Clerk said Strainding was the first false whale killers in Tasmania since 1974. It was a base of more than 160 whales that landed on the beach near Stanley on the northwest coast. Faces in Tasmania are usually pilot whales.
Clark refused to guess why the latest pad might have stranded. The slats of dead whales would be inspected on clues, he said.
The helicopter reconnaissance on Tuesday afternoon found that there were no other whales within 10 kilometers (6 miles) from stranded pods, he said.
Some could have been stranded as much as 48 hours until Wednesday.
Rijeka resident Arthur Jocelyn Flint said her son had discovered stranded whales around midnight as he hunted a shark.
She said she went to the scene in the dark mornings and returned after dawn, but the whales were too big to be reflected.
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“The water rose immediately and threw themselves away. They just died, they sank into the sand,” Flint said on Wednesday morning. “I think it’s too late.
“It’s a little baby. One end, there’s a lot of big ones. It’s sad,” she added.
In 2022, 230 pilot whales was stranded in the south on the west coast at the Macquarie port.
The greatest massive ranks in Australian history occurred in the same port 2020 when 470 pilot whales were stuck on sand strips. Most beach whales died on both occasions.
The reasons of blue are not clear. The reasons could include disorientation caused by loud sounds, diseases, age, injuries, fleeing predators and strong weather.
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