https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/why-do-whales-beach-themselves
Toxins build up from the reduced circulation, poisoning the animal. Out of the water, a whale's thick blubber can also cause it to overheat. Like other mammals, whales breathe air, so they can

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-whales-beach-themselves/
Environment. On Sunday morning, scientists and volunteers struggled to get some of the 55 false killer whales that washed up on a beach near Cape Town, South Africa, back into the frigid water

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacean_stranding
A mass stranding of pilot whales on the shore of Cape Cod, 1902. Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach.Beached whales often die due to dehydration, collapsing under their own weight, or drowning when high tide covers the blowhole. Cetacean stranding has occurred since before recorded history.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/01/marine-biologists-puzzled-why-whales-beaching-themselves/70479355007/
0:00. 0:54. When a pod of nearly 100 pilot whales stranded themselves last week on the shore of an Australian beach, it became the latest instance of a phenomenon that has long baffled marine

https://www.treehugger.com/why-do-whales-beach-themselves-4862808
Why Do Whales and Dolphins Beach Themselves? The Environmental Impact of Ocean Noise. 16 Ocean Creatures That Live in Total Darkness. 14 Most Endangered Whales, Porpoises, and Dolphins.

https://www.livescience.com/32818-why-do-whales-beach-themselves-.html
Plethora of possibilities. Individual whales may beach themselves for a host of reasons. Genetic mutations, illnesses from infections or parasites, injuries from predators or entanglements in

https://theconversation.com/an-expert-explains-the-stranding-of-97-pilot-whales-in-wa-and-their-mysterious-huddling-before-the-tragedy-210453
Why did the whales beach themselves? In 2015, another pod of pilot whales beached itself in Bunbury, north of Albany. Sadly, 12 died. At the time, I and a colleague conducted necropsies

https://www.smh.com.au/national/why-do-whales-beach-themselves-20200924-p55z1x.html
Why whales beach themselves is still largely a mystery, even after centuries of recorded strandings. Now, as humans deplete fish stocks and make noise of our own in the oceans, as water

https://wildlifeflorida.org/whales-beach/
The beaching of a single, live animal is usually the result of sickness or injury. Bad weather, old age, navigation errors, and hunting too close to shore also contribute to beachings. Some whale and dolphin species are more prone to mass beachings. Toothed whales (Odontoceti) are the most commonly affected.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-whales-explainer-idUSKCN26E17J/
why do whales beach themselves? It's the question that has puzzled marine biologists for years, and continues to do so. Mass whale strandings have occurred throughout recorded modern history, and

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/33457/why-do-whales-and-other-marine-mammals-beach-themselves
Disease or wounds from predators can leave an animal too weak to keep itself afloat, and at some point it gives up and lets the tides wash it ashore. Cases where a group of animals beach

https://www.9news.com.au/national/why-whales-beach-strand-themselves-explained/507b0315-bb78-44b5-acc2-43b31eff4efd
12:00pm Apr 29, 2024. A mass whale stranding that left dozens dead on a Western Australian beach has sparked more questions as to what is driving the behaviour and what can be done to stop it

https://www.treehugger.com/why-whales-and-dolphins-beach-themselves-1203590
In February 2017, over 400 pilot whales were stranded on a New Zealand South Island beach. Such events happen with some regularity in the area, suggesting that the depth and shape of the sea floor

https://www.grunge.com/807058/what-research-has-shown-about-why-whales-beach-themselves/
But even they have to come up for air sometimes. Given the conditions, it might seem whales would beach themselves on purpose due to sheer exhaustion. If that was your guess, you're pretty close. Research shows some whale beachings actually are intentional. However, the whale's body isn't dynamic enough to withstand being ashore for an extended

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/probing-question-why-do-whales-beach-themselves/
Whales are the largest marine mammals in the world—the smallest species weigh in at several tons. When whales beach themselves, they can die simply from the crushing weight of their own bodies or from overheating due to their blubber, which is needed for insulation in cold ocean waters.

https://qz.com/1474666/why-do-whales-beach-themselves
In one such case in 2002, a pod of stranded beaked whales showed signs of decompression illness, more commonly known as the bends. The condition, experienced by scuba divers who ascend too quickly

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/05/why-do-whales-strand-themselves/
There's little doubt sonar is responsible on some occasions, but since mass strandings were written about by Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle in 350 BC, it's clearly not the only explanation. Perhaps the oddest theory is that whales intentionally beach themselves in mass suicides - mooted in situations where casualties appear otherwise

https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-do-we-know-about-why-whales-strand-themselves-4323
AAP. Whales are a highly specialised group of mammals which left their terrestrial ancestors for the ocean about 50 million years ago. They have become so well adapted to the marine environment

https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/lifestyle/features/article/3103358/explainer-why-do-whales-beach-themselves-its
Marine biologists have long been puzzled about why dolphins and whales strand themselves ashore, and it may be because they follow others. New Zealand and Australia are hotspots for the

https://www.whalefacts.org/why-do-whales-beach-themselves/
Whales may beach themselves in an attempt to escape or find cover from shark attacks or attacks from other marine mammals such as the killer whale. 6) Poison from various aquatic species. While it is more difficult to find adequate information regarding whales being poisoned by other aquatic species it is definitely possible that a whale could

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2017/02/12/why-do-whales-beach-themselves-scientists-have-few-theories/97825406/
Theories on why whales beach themselves range from human sonar activity to the animal's own social behaviors. Video provided by Newsy. Newslook Newslook. More Videos. Today in History for May 4th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwu_sAg-FAM
A super silly short briefly explaining why whales beach themselves.This is a collaboration with Science Foundation Ireland for Science Week 2017. Enjoy. #Sci

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/australia/pilot-whale-western-australia-mass-stranding-intl-hnk/index.html
CNN —. A dramatic operation to save the lives of more than 100 pilot whales ended in partial success on Thursday after wildlife officials managed to return most of the stranded animals to sea

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240607-an-ethical-and-safe-place-to-swim-with-whales
Whale-watching tourism generates more than $2bn annually worldwide, and although most whale-watching operations recognise the need to protect whales and are respectful of the animals and

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/podcasts/the-daily/ivf-baptist-church.html
The Southern Baptist Convention, long a bellwether for American evangelicalism, voted to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization.