WELLINGTON — Rescuers found no newly stranded whales on Monday on a notorious stretch of New Zealand’s coastline where hundreds of marine mammals died after beaching themselves last week, conservation officials said. About 300 died and volunteers re-floated the survivors, only to see a separate pod become stranded nearby on Saturday afternoon. They were also re-floated and were seen swimming offshore on Sunday. Farewell Spit is a 26-kilometre hook of sand that protrudes out into the sea and has been described as a perfect whale trap. The shallow seabed surrounding the spit is believed to interfere with the whales’ sonar navigation systems and regularly sees mass strandings.

Source: Viet Nam News February 13, 2017 04:37 UTC