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	Beached Whales

rachelw

10-25-2005 12:16 PM

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whales, australia, ocean

rachelw says:

This is a sad phenomenon, I really wish we knew why they did this?

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Almost 60 pilot whales die in Australian mass stranding 
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Almost 60 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on a beach on the Australian island of Tasmania.
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A Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service spokeswoman said on Tyesday that
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Pilot whales, which can grow up to six metres (20 foot) long,
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