Grayling

Seems sad this:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...3-1245,00.html

Happens so often that it must have a purpose though.

G

Pants

Tis sad Mr G...

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oliverandlisa

MrsDagboy

Yes, sad, but as you said, I agree, it must have a purpose. I remember once watching a doco on Animal Planet about the migration of some sort of antelope in Africa - thousands upon thousands of these antelope had to cross this crocodile filled river to get where they were going. They came down to the river bank & there were thousands of crocs literally sitting there waiting for them & yet still the antelope just jumped in & tried to get across anyway :scared: . And as a person sitting there watching it you wonder why the hell they do it , but of course you cant think of them as having human logic or traits, the call of nature & their instincts are so strong that it overrides everything else.

Grayling

Here is a follow up to yesterday:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...9-1245,00.html

It seems very strange. These are deepwater dolphins yet beached themselves

The beach is very remote but 50 whales did exactly the same thing in the same place last year

Nature works in mysterious ways.

G

cranni

It is so sad, i love dolphins, do you think it will attract sharks. just curious.

mr mover

Makes me think about "hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy" my apologies if you have never read it or seen the film................ mm

Ceri

Something for you to ponder:
I know that for years it has been suggested that military submarine sonars could be to blame for the beachings which appear to have no apparent known causes ( such as disease, sharks attacking etc) . Many of these so- called beaching incidents have gone up over the years , so scientists have been looking into this possibility for a while now .

If you key into google - "dolphins whales beaching and submarines " you'll come across quite few articles and also a few news stories about the possibility of it.

Here is a similar story ,deepwater Dolphins beaching themselves( which happened in the US) where they are investigating the possibility of this:
http://www.oceania.org.au/soundnet/mch05/ears.html


cheers

P.s - Try fishing with a fishfinder still on - it B*ggers the fishing up. It annoys a lot of the fish and most of them b*gger off , that's why most of us turn the unit off when anchored up to fish - now imagine what a sub's sonar does to mammals never mind fish

moneypenny20

When animals, fish or whatever stick together in groups, it only takes one to go the wrong way to put all the others in danger. Very sad, but also the order of life

Bella Donna

I wonder if there are any military establishments in this area - known of or otherwise. Says the area is very remote.... It seems strange that so many dolphins, who have such excellent sonar built-in, would make such a big error of judgement unless their sonar had been interfered with in some way...