Radio New Zealand and the New York Times report that two pods of pilot whales, totalling 640 individuals, grounded themselves on a New Zealand beach on Thursday and Saturday. Volunteers tagged and re-floated some members of the first group; none of those were found in the second group. Pilot whales are a type of dolphin. The reason for the groundings is unknown, but mass strandings at the same site, Farewell Spit, have been observed before.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Sunday February 12 2017, @02:37PM
Perhaps they tried to reach Peter Thiels doomsday bunker? The whales know something we don't ...
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/02/02/0916251 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Sunday February 12 2017, @04:32PM
Peter Thiel is a man of exotic taste. The bunker is to be made out of the whale bones, skin for lavish furnishing, and whale oil lamps for that rustic look.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday February 12 2017, @09:07PM
You don't even wanna know what he uses their blowholes for.