Beached Whales in Tasmania

[Aliantha]

WILDLIFE officers are desperately trying to save five whales that are the only survivors from a pod of almost 50 that beached off Tasmania.

An estimated 43 sperm whales stranded on a sandbank near the mouth of the Duck River, in the state's northwest, have already died.

A small group of Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife staff are battling the odds to keep the remaining five alive overnight before trying to refloat them on tomorrow morning's high tide.

The sheer size of the massive mammals – 18 metres long and up to 20 tonnes in weight – is complicating the would-be rescue.

Not much to say about this other than how sad it is.

Perhaps the Japanese would like to come pick up the ones who haven't made it.

[classicman]

I saw an article about that last night. (can't find it now)
Sad very very sad. We gotta figure out what is causing this and try to do something.