A school of whales were found stranded in Hamelin Bay , on the West Australian coast , in the early hour on Friday . According tothe late update , only seven of the 150 myopic - finned pilot whale are still alive . A team of veterinarians , wildlife official , and military volunteer have been involved in the deliverance effort , while the beach stay shut to visitors and authorities have erect a shark alerting for the area .
TheWestern Australian Parks and Wildlife Servicehas announced that training are presently underway to move the live whales to mysterious water come nightfall . A rough combination of bad atmospheric condition , stormy seas , rocky beach terrain , and the fix of the dead whale surrounding the come through whales has so far impede the process .
“ Rescue operation will be hampered by deteriorate , weather condition and we take to assure the safety of everyone involved before we move the hulk , ” Incident Controller Jeremy Chick said in astatement .
“ Once we have moved the whales out we will supervise the billet closely as it is possible the whale will add up back into shore and re - fibril . This has often been the case in late raft strandings , ” he lateradded .
The inadequate - finned original whale , a cousin to the long - break water pilot hulk , is a mid - size brownish grey to black crustacean with a bulbous head . They are so - named because of their comparatively unforesightful flippers , which measure less than 18 per centum of their body length .
extremely societal beast , they tend to jaunt in pods of15 to 50 individuals , take a shit this particular raft stranding of more than 150 whale very strange even if it is not quite the large ever determine . In 1996 , 320 long - finned pilot whale were found washed up in Dunsborough , Western Australia , theParks and Wildlife Servicereports .
While it is still not really understood why crustacean engage in this suicide - like demeanor , there are various possible explanations , ranging from human bodily process likenaval exercisestoenvironmental imbalancessuch as low nutrient stock , temperature changes , and sea befoulment . There is even a potent typeface to suggest that beach isan altruistic motion , with healthy hulk strand to stay tight to their sick or injured booster .
As for the whales who did not make it this time around , the section is presently working with the Shire of Augusta - Margaret River to remove the bodies and extract DNA samples to facilitate wildlife experts sympathise what precisely it is that make whales to charter in this eccentric and deadly behavior .
