Australia Rescuers are racing against time to rescue more than 20 whales stranded on a sandy beach on the northern coast of Tasmania. 22 out of the giant sperm whale stranded dead.
Officials said rescue efforts whales were stranded in bad weather conditions prevented. The whale was washed ashore near Strahan on Saturday last. About 20 whales of which weigh over 2 tonnes and over 12m long. Four other whales come into the harbor and trapped on a beach. Two whales were lucky to be rescued and swam back to sea, while the remaining two are stuck.
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Chris Arthur, who commanded resolve the issue at Park Tasmanian wildlife, said the whale is too big, so you can not drag them into the water in the usual way the measures that need to save more complex .
However, bad weather conditions with rough seas made rescue efforts giant animals was delayed.Arthur said the whales were very tired, but we can still move the fins and blows.
Identify 22 whales killed will still stays on the beach, by the authorities can not move them to other places too heavy. Wait until all the flesh decay, we will conduct clean up the fish bones from the beach.
The phenomenon of whales stranded in Australia occur regularly in the summer months, especially around Tasmania. Despite years of research, but the zoologists have not found a reasonable answer for this phenomenon.
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