Andy Adcock
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Northern lights link to Whale strandings? (1 Viewer)
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Farnboro John
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jurek
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A bit stretch of a theory.
First, whale swimming or being washed to the shore is different from long-distance navigation.
Then, magnetic storms are quite regular phenomenon - are they otherwise linked with whale stranding?
And finally, we do not even know whether sperm whales have magnetic sense, and know very little of it in other species, to build a theory of physical maps of magnetic disturbances and solar storms obscuring them.
First, whale swimming or being washed to the shore is different from long-distance navigation.
Then, magnetic storms are quite regular phenomenon - are they otherwise linked with whale stranding?
And finally, we do not even know whether sperm whales have magnetic sense, and know very little of it in other species, to build a theory of physical maps of magnetic disturbances and solar storms obscuring them.
Andy Adcock
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It seems that the shallow, English channel is a problem for them, once in, they can't seem to navigate out so maybe it's a combination of factors?
It would surely though, happen more often if it were related to solar / magnetic activity?
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Multiple strandings of Sperm Whales in the southern North Sea have been known about since at least 1577 :t:
That there'd not been any others in recent decades says more about the very low population due to whaling - that was pointed out at the time they stranded, that as numbers recover, we can expect more strandings.
