by Melbourne, Australia (AP) – more than 150 false killer whales are stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s Island State of Tasmania, the officials said on Wednesday.
Marine experts, including veterinarians, were near Arthur River on the northwest coast of Tasmania, said a department for natural resources and the environment.
Of the 157 beach whales, 136 still seemed to be alive, the explanation says.
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The inaccessibility of the beach, the conditions and the challenges of the sea to bring specialist equipment to the remote area makes it difficult to answer, the explanation says.
The authorities have not yet asked public aid to rescue the whales, the department said.
Jocelyn Flint, the inhabitant of Arthur River, said her son discovered the stranded whales around midnight when he fished in Hai. Flint believed that the authorities were alerted on Tuesday afternoon.
She said she went to the scene in the dark hours of the morning and returned after dawn, but the whales were too big to try to repeat it.
“The water rose equally and beat them up. They just die, they sunk in the sand, ”said Flint. “I think it’s too late.”
“There are little babies. In the end there are many big ones. It’s sad, ”she added.
In 2022, 230 pilot whales stood further south on the west coast on the Macquarie Harbor.
The largest mass string in Australian history occurred in the same port in 2020 when 470 long -term pilot whales are in sandbars. Most beach whales died on both occasions.
The reasons for the beaches are unclear. Reasons could include the disorientation caused by loud noises, diseases, age, injury, flight of predators and storms.
