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  1. Mono

    Pilot Whale Mass Stranding

    With the most recent Pilot Whale stranding one of the older females in the pod, the pods are thought to be matriarchal, was suffering from a vaginal prolapse. This may be linked to another stranding on Lewis a few weeks ago of a single, near-term, neonatal Pilot Whale.
  2. Mono

    Pilot Whale Mass Stranding

    I seem to recall an incident in Scotland where a group of Pilot Whales were trying to get into a narrow inlet they were driven back out to sea by boats. They tried several times. Some did strand and then the rest just swam back out to sea. Amongst the stranded ones was an old and obviously very...
  3. Mono

    Pilot Whale Mass Stranding

    On Isle of Lewis today 55 animals. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-66215683 As with a lot of these Pilot Whale strandings it seems to be a case of a single injured or diseased individual straying into shallow water and rest of the pod following them. It makes me...
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