Mass Suicide
 

or what???

I just don't get why these aquatic mammals do this. It so heart-breaking to see and hear the stories.

Maybe some drug runner had to dump his heroin over the side of the ship.

Does it seem to anyone else that this sort of thing is happening more often? Or is it because of more news coverage?

I don't know but I just find it so strange. These are our ancestors and I want to try to rationalize and humanize the events. I just don't see why whole pods do it.

It's nature, something we'll never fully understand.

I think you did it. :wobble:

Oops sorry is my Darwin showing?! :p

After further searching I found this site... it is pretty interesting. There are may hypothesis as to why whales or dolphins strand themselves and this article explains those pretty well..

http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing....02568F20048794C

Heard on the news that one group is blaiming the Navy's sonar for disorenting the dolphins.

Along with possible causes that may be human produced, there should be a serious research of historic whaling and coastal commercial fishing records happening.

Are there any accounts of such happenings before the advent of sonar and such?

Don't you remember?



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