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The bodies of two individuals found dead later.
REUTERSВ the U.S. state of Georgia about 20 pilot whales – pilot whales – beached on the beach.
Thanks to the efforts of tourists, managed to save 18 animals, according to lb.ua with reference to CNN.
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According to local authorities, to help grindal came dozens of people, tourists on the beach: they tried to move the animals back into the deep, so that they could leave. The size of one of the Dolphin – not less than 4 meters, weight – from 800 kg to 3 tons, so quickly return all the animals in the water was very difficult.
“When we arrived at the beach, I noticed a group of people in the water. At first we thought that the dolphins staged a “show”, but drew near and could not believe what was happening,” wrote one of the witnesses to the rescue of dolphins Dixie McCoy.
Causes of Blackfish on the shore is unclear. Biologists note that this is a social animals, and they could go ashore for a leader, or was accompanied by a sick or injured relative.
It is reported that 18 successfully rescued pilot whales returned to the ocean, “he continued on his way.” The bodies of two dead individuals were found later – one near a place ashore, and the other a kilometre from the beach on private property. The bodies were transferred to the reserve for dissection and the identification of potential causes of death.
According to the American cetacean society, pilot whale, inferior in size only to killer whales.
As UNIAN reported earlier, in March of last year in Hamelin Bay in Western Australia on the beach jumped 150 pilot whales.