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Work to rebury a sperm whale in Coromandel is expected to begin later this week as the district cleans up after Cyclone Gabrielle.
The dead whale came asho

Work to rebury a sperm whale in Coromandel is expected to begin later this week as the district cleans up after Cyclone Gabrielle.
The dead whale came asho

Sheep walking in circles, a mystery shark with bulging eyes and a Burmese python swallowing an alligator whole also made the list.

"We first became concerned when we realized the width of the tail was more than the width of our [16-foot] boat," Tamanui Uerata said.

Two orca have been stranded at Porangahau Beach this morning but one has died

Residents reported yet another slew of pilot whales stranded on two remote beaches in the South Pacific near New Zealand. This time, almost 500 beached – with no survivors. 250 whales were stranded on Chatham Island on Friday Oct. 7, and about 240 were later found on the nearby Pitt Island on the morning of...

"Similar stranding events have occurred, which suggests that geography may be at play here," wildlife scientist Vanessa Pirotta told Newsweek.

Scientists still don't know for sure why beachings occur, but they have some ideas.

A recent stranding on remote New Zealand islands left nearly 500 pilot whales dead. Scientists still don't know for sure why the events, also known as beachings, occur, but they have some ideas.

A recent stranding on remote New Zealand islands left nearly 500 pilot whales dead. Scientists still dont know for sure why the events, also known as beachings, occur, but they have some ideas.