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150 false killer whales in Australia
February 24 , 2025
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- More than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia's island state of Tasmania.
- The Unfavourable ocean and weather conditions prevented the whales from being rescued.
- The Reasons could include disorientation caused by loud noises, illness, old age, injury, fleeing predators and severe weather.
- In early 2024, 29 long-finned pilot whales died and about 100 more were rescued after they were beached along the lower tip of Western Australia.
- In 2023, nearly 100 pilot whales were stranded on a beach in Western Australia.
- In 2022, 230 pilot whales stranded further south on the west coast at Macquarie Harbor.
- The largest mass stranding in Australian history occurred in the same harbor in 2020 when 470 long-finned pilot whales became stuck on sandbars.
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