Environmental protection officers found 157 dolphins stranded on a beach on the Australian island of Tasmania, deploring the death of 21 of them on Wednesday.
The other 136 cetaceans were alive in the morning, according to these members of the local environment department, indicating that it seemed to be a bench of “False orcas”large predatory dolphins recognizable by the shape of their skull.
THE « pseudorques » Warned near Arthur River, a sparsely populated locality in the northwest of Tasmania, Australian southern island.
The operation of “Answer in this area is complex because of the inaccessibility of the site, oceanic conditions and challenges to provide specialist equipment in this remote place”said the Environment Department Tasman in a press release.
Experts from wildlife and veterinarians are on site, from the same source.
THE “False orcas” can measure up to six meters long. Like other delphinids, these cetaceans also called “False shoulders” are social animals. They often form benches of 50 or more individuals.
According to the Australian museum, pseudorque failures are frequent and can lead to the death of “Whole benches” counting “Hundreds of animals”.
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