Whale strandings: what happens after they die and how do authorities safely dispose of them?
Carcasses can explode if left to decompose on land and should be towed back to sea ‘where they belong’, experts say
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Carcasses can explode if left to decompose on land and should be towed back to sea ‘where they belong’, experts say
‘Massive event’ reported at Macquarie Harbour, near Strahan, a day after mass stranding at King Island
“At least 95 percent will die, because the ocean’s just so fierce,” said a boat skipper on the scene, where 470 whales were also beached in 2020.
More than 200 whales were discovered Wednesday, stranded on a remote sandflat in Tasmania, Australia.
Marine wildlife experts are assessing the scene near Strahan – the same location as Australia’s worst mass stranding exactly two years ago