More than 200 whales were discovered stranded on a remote sandflat in Tasmania, Australia, on Wednesday. The whales are believed to be pilot whales, and it remains unclear what caused so many to wash up on the shore, where a similar mass stranding of 470 long-finned pilot whales occurred almost exactly two years ago, according to NPR. Hundreds of pilot whales have stranded on Ocean Beach near Strahan, on Tasmania’s west coast. Story from @readfearn and me here: https://t.co/Pe5SLC9bnG pic.twitter.com/hbweimwx0m — Donna Lu (@donnadlu) September 21, 2022During the previous stranding, roughly 100 whales survived thanks to rescue efforts, BBC noted. All of those whales appeared to be male, and were dead upon discovery, the outlet noted.

Source: The Guardian September 21, 2022 22:45 UTC