{"id":100420,"date":"2023-11-29T13:45:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T13:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=100420"},"modified":"2023-11-29T13:45:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T13:45:49","slug":"heartbreaking-scenes-dozens-of-pilot-whales-become-beached-in-tasmania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/world-news\/heartbreaking-scenes-dozens-of-pilot-whales-become-beached-in-tasmania\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartbreaking scenes dozens of pilot whales become beached in Tasmania"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Beached whales Tasmania: Heartbreaking scenes as dozens of pilot whales become stranded in Tasmania<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>34 dead pilot whales found beached<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The phenomena is not uncommon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Beached 30-tonne Humpback dies despite rescue effort<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dozens of whales have been found dead on a Tasmanian beach.<\/p>\n<p>Nature guide Chris Theobald travelled by boat to\u00a0Bryans Beach, 140km northeast of Hobart, where he found 34 dead\u00a0pilot whales on Wednesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was pretty heart-wrenching. The fact that there was just so many of this species right in front of me &#8230; was pretty confronting,&#8217; Mr Theobald told ABC.<\/p>\n<p>He was on a trip with his colleague Rob Pennicott but the pair were unable to save the pod, which included calves, by the time Mr Pennicott&#8217;s son had found them.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pennicott&#8217;s son, Noah, first spotted one of the carcasses floating in the water on Tuesday which prompted the trio to go out and see if there were any more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/12\/78367401-12804275-Nature_guide_Chris_Theobald_was_travelling_with_his_colleague_Ro-a-79_1701259853643.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nature guide Chris Theobald was travelling with his colleague\u00a0Rob Pennicott, whose son Noah initially spotted the 34 dead pilot whales which ranged in age from calve to adult\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/10\/78367399-12804275-image-a-56_1701255116503.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>More than two dozen dead whales were found beached on\u00a0Bryans Beach, 140km north east of Hobart in Tasmania, on Wednesday morning\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: 12-metre, 18-tonne beached whale towed away<\/h3>\n<p>They reported the horror discovery to Marine and Safety Tasmania as they were\u00a0a hazard to passing boats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To me, it&#8217;s very sad. I love dolphins and whales and seals,&#8217;\u00a0Mr Pennicott said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania&#8217;s Natural Resources and Environment Department dispatched staff, including a veterinarian, to the southern tip of the Freycinet Peninsula &#8216;to assess the situation and sample and measure the carcasses&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is not known why the whales stranded and is often not possible to determine,&#8217; a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Pilot whales have been known to beach themselves before and more than 200 were found washed up near Macquarie Harbour on the west coast of Tasmania last September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two years before that another 400 were found in the same area in a separate instance almost to the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Theobald said that he documents cases like these to raise awareness and highlight their &#8216;devastating&#8217; scale.<\/p>\n<p>The environmentalist is not sure what causes the whales to beach themselves but fears some type of human-related activity could be to blame.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beachgoers have been warned to not approach any whales they may find washed ashore, and to instead report them to the whale hotline on 0427 WHALES.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/12\/78367393-12804275-The_devastating_phenomena_is_not_uncommon_and_more_than_600_dead-a-80_1701259853645.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;devastating&#8217; phenomena is not uncommon and more than 600 dead pilot whales have been found beached in two separate instances in five years along the west coast of Tasmania<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12804275\/Beached-pilot-whales-Tasmania.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beached whales Tasmania: Heartbreaking scenes as dozens of pilot whales become stranded in Tasmania 34 dead pilot whales found beached The phenomena is not uncommon READ MORE:\u00a0Beached 30-tonne Humpback dies despite rescue effort Dozens of whales have been found dead on a Tasmanian beach. 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