Up To 70 Whales Stranded In Southern Australia

Sydney, Australia:

Round 70 whales are stranded in a bay on the Australian island of Tasmania, officers stated Monday, with marine specialists now mobilising to see if a rescue is feasible.

The whales are in Macquarie Harbour, on the island’s rugged and sparsely populated west coast, the place they’re believed to be caught on a sandbar.

Police are on web site and marine specialists are being deployed to evaluate the state of affairs, Tasmania’s atmosphere division stated.

“Further crews with whale rescue gear will arrive later at present,” the division stated in an announcement.

The creatures are believed to be pilot whales however the species has not but been confirmed.

Mass whale strandings happen comparatively usually in Tasmania, however the giant numbers concerned current a frightening rescue prospect.

The newest stranding comes as a humpback whale that was caught in a tropical river in Australia’s north lastly returned to the ocean after greater than two weeks.

Public broadcaster ABC reported the creature, which spent 17 days within the crocodile-infested waters of Kakadu Nationwide Park, has been noticed in open seas off Darwin.

Scientists had been weighing choices for guiding the humpback to security after it grew to become the primary identified whale to journey up the muddy river, however had been relieved when it returned to sea of its personal accord.

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