22 whales dead, rescue effort put off until morning

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Mon, 23 Jan 2012 1:22p.m.

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Ninety-nine whales have stranded at a remote beach on the Golden Bay side of Farewell Spit, with 22 already dead.
Ninety-nine whales have stranded at a remote beach on the Golden Bay side of Farewell Spit, with 22 already dead.

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23 Jan 2012 11:13p.m.

ICp wrote:

Well i would be prepared for an earthquake. Everytime we get massive whale strandings we get earthquakes.

23 Jan 2012 08:39p.m.

Gaz wrote:

I am interested to know if representatives from the Japanese Goverment offer to assist in the refloating of beached whales, in return for access to carcasses for scientific reasons. They may be able to find out through an autopsy why whales beach themselves.