Cetacean stranding
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cetacean-stranding-181-7773916
title:
Cetacean stranding
text:
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. Several explanations for why cetaceans strand themselves have been proposed, including changes in water temperatures, peculiarities of whales' echolocation in certain su
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Whales or dolphins getting stuck on a beach
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacean_stranding
date created:
2004-07-23T02:02:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T23:02:11Z
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