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  1. dantheman

    Pilot Whale Mass Stranding

    Yes, and I agree with your very first point in post#3 "I think we need much more research and analysis to understand the mechanism let alone the cost/benefit aspects." I'm also not selectively choosing data for misrepresentation - the bit I highlighted was really there for the highlighted bit...
  2. dantheman

    Pilot Whale Mass Stranding

    Random article - https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/what-caused-largest-known-mass-stranding-stejnegers-beaked-whales From the article - Globally, strandings and mass stranding of deep-diving whale species, such as beaked whales, have been causally linked to mid-frequency active...
  3. dantheman

    Pilot Whale Mass Stranding

    Don't get between John and his beloved sonar too early in the morning ... ;-) As it is hard to always know what is going on in environments we can't see too well, I reckon a line of it being a possible influence. Military exercises occurring do sometimes coincide with mass stranding events -...
  4. dantheman

    Pilot Whale Mass Stranding

    Apparently at the time the west coast of America was 'discovered' a couple centuries ago the population of Californian Condor extended all the way up to Washington State or something like that. Feeding on washed carcasses as a major food source. Whaling put an end to all that (iirc and not...
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