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The whales beached themselves on the Chatham Islands, about 500 miles east of New Zealand's main islands. None of the whales could be refloated and all either died naturally or were euthanized.
None of the 477 stranded whales could be refloated and all either died naturally or were euthanised after volunteers were unable to rescue them.
Over 200 stranded pilot whales die on Pacific Ocean's remote Pitt Island
New Zealand's Department of Conservation announced Wednesday that nearly 500 pilot whales died after they became stranded.
Whale beaching is a mysterious event that has puzzled scientists across the world, and they are yet to fully understand the scienc behind it.