Twenty-six whales also died.
About 140 bottlenose dolphins washed ashore on Thursday in the shallow waters of an estuary in the state of Western Australia. According to Reuters, marine life experts were desperately trying to save the animals.
The bottlenose dolphins were stranded at Toby Inlet in Geographe Bay, Western Australia’s Department of Biodiversity and Conservation said. The location is in the south-west region, popular with tourists, near the town of Dunsborough.
26 of the dolphins washed ashore died, according to the ministry’s statement.
Last July, more than 50 bottlenose dolphins died after washing ashore on the coast of Western Australia. Because these animals live and move in communities, if one whale gets into trouble and washes ashore, the rest often follow, according to the University of Western Australia.
In Hungarian, these animals are called round-headed dolphins in the literature, and from a morphological point of view, they really enrich the family of dolphins. However, other language areas prefer to use the term pilot whale (Grindwal/Pilot Whale). The explanation for the naming complication may be that the animals have many features that are more characteristic of whales than dolphins.
These cetaceans live in groups of 10-30 individuals, and even more than a hundred can gather in open water. The animals are very active and often slap the surface of the water with their tails or rise out of the water to “spy”. Males reach sexual maturity after the age of 10, and females at the age of 6. Thanks to the year-round mating season, a calf is born after one to one and a half years.
Our featured image is an illustration. The recording was made by ABC TV Australia of a case similar to the current one last July, when more than 50 bottlenose dolphins died in a few hours at Cheynes Beach in Western Australia.
