Hundreds of whales dead in Australia’s largest-ever stranding
- 1/26Whale carcasses are scattered along the water's edge near Strahan, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (Patrick Gee/Pool Photo via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS
- 2/26A whale is in the water near Strahan, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020.(Patrick Gee/Pool Photo via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS
- 3/26Rescue workers make a survey from a boat as they check on stranded whales near Strahan, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (Patrick Gee/Pool Photo via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS
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- 4/26Rescue teams work to save a Pilot Whale at Macquarie Harbour on September 24, 2020 in Strahan, Australia. (Photo by Steve Bell/Getty Images)Steve Bell via Getty Images
- 5/26Dead Pilot Whales are seen at Macquarie Harbour on September 24, 2020 in Strahan, Australia. (Photo by Steve Bell/Getty Images)Steve Bell via Getty Images
- 6/26Teams work to rescue hundreds of pilot whales that are stranded on a sand bar in Macquarie Harbour on September 23, 2020 in Strahan, Australia. (Photo by Steve Bell/Getty Images)Steve Bell via Getty Images
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- 7/26Teams work to rescue hundreds of pilot whales that are stranded on a sand bar in Macquarie Harbour on September 23, 2020 in Strahan, Australia. (Photo by Steve Bell/Getty Images)Steve Bell via Getty Images
- 8/26Teams work to rescue hundreds of pilot whales that are stranded on a sand bar in Macquarie Harbour on September 23, 2020 in Strahan, Australia. (Photo by Steve Bell/Getty Images)Steve Bell via Getty Images
- 9/26The body of a dead Pilot Whale is seen at Macquarie Harbour on September 24, 2020 in Strahan, Australia. Rescuers are working to save hundreds of whales stranded in Macquarie Harbour near Strahan on Tasmania's west coast. Efforts to save some 270 pilot whales beached on a sandbar started on Monday 21 September. The discovery of a further 200 whales on another sandbar further west on Wednesday has made this one of the world's largest recorded stranding events. (Photo by Steve Bell/Getty Images)Steve Bell via Getty Images
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- 10/26The body of a dead Pilot Whale is seen at Macquarie Harbour on September 24, 2020 in Strahan, Australia. (Photo by Steve Bell/Getty Images)Steve Bell via Getty Images
- 11/26Pilot whales, some of at least 380 stranded that have died, are seen washed up in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's west coast on September 24, 2020. (Photo by MELL CHUN/AFP via Getty Images)MELL CHUN via Getty Images
- 12/26A pilot whale, one of at least 380 stranded that have died, is seen washed up in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's west coast on September 24, 2020. (Photo by MELL CHUN/AFP via Getty Images)MELL CHUN via Getty Images
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- 13/26A pilot whale, one of at least 380 stranded that have died, is seen washed up in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's west coast on September 24, 2020. (Photo by MELL CHUN/AFP via Getty Images)MELL CHUN via Getty Images
- 14/26In this image made from aerial video shows numerous stranded whales along the coastline near the remote west coast town of Strahan on the island state of Tasmania, Australia on Sept. 23, 2020. More pilot whales were found stranded on an Australian coast Wednesday, raising the estimated total to almost 500 in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country. (Australian Broadcast Corporation via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS
- 15/26In this image made from aerial video shows numerous stranded whales along the coastline in Tasmania, Australia. (Australian Broadcast Corporation via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS
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- 16/26In this image made from aerial video shows numerous stranded whales along the coastline Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, near the remote west coast town of Strahan on the island state of Tasmania, Australia. (Australian Broadcast Corporation via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS
- 17/26Rescuers work to save a pod of whales stranded on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbour on the rugged west coast of Tasmania on September 22, 2020. Scientists said two large pods of long-finned pilot whales became stuck on sandbars in Macquarie Harbour, on Tasmania's sparsely populated west coast.(Photo by BRODIE WEEDING/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)BRODIE WEEDING via Getty Images
- 18/26Hundreds of pilot whales are seen stranded on a sand bar on September 21, 2020 in Strahan, Australia. (Photo by The Advocate - Pool/Getty Images)Pool via Getty Images
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- 19/26Rescuers work to save a pod of whales stranded on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbour on the rugged west coast of Tasmania on September 22, 2020. (Photo by BRODIE WEEDING/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)BRODIE WEEDING via Getty Images
- 20/26Pilot whales lie stranded on a sand bar near Strahan, Australia, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Brodie Weeding/Pool Photo via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS
- 21/26Pilot whales lie stranded on a sand bar near Strahan, Australia, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Brodie Weeding/Pool Photo via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS
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- 22/26Rescuers work to save a pod of whales stranded on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbour on the rugged west coast of Tasmania on September 22, 2020. (Photo by BRODIE WEEDING/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)BRODIE WEEDING via Getty Images
- 23/26Marine rescue teams attempt to help save hundreds of pilot whales stranded on a sand bar on September 22, 2020 in Strahan, Australia. (Photo by Brodie Weeding/The Advocate - Pool/Getty Images)Pool via Getty Images
- 24/26Marine rescue teams attempt to help save hundreds of pilot whales stranded on a sand bar on September 22, 2020 in Strahan, Australia. (Photo by Brodie Weeding/The Advocate - Pool/Getty Images)Pool via Getty Images
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- 25/26In this handout provided by Tasmania Police, hundreds of pilot whales are seen stranded on a sand bar on September 21, 2020 in Strahan, Australia. (Photo by Tasmania Police via Getty Images)Handout via Getty Images
- 26/26This photograph taken on September 21, 2020 shows a pod of whales stranded on a sandbar in Macquarie Harbour on the rugged west coast of Tasmania. (Photo by - / POOL / AFP) (Photo by -/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)- via Getty Images
Graphic content: At least 380 whales have died and many are still stranded on a sandbank in Tasmania’s west coast.
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