Australian Beaches Are Increasingly Vulnerable To Whales

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JAKARTA - About 70 whales stranded in a bay on the island of Tasmania, Australia. This was revealed by a local official, Monday, September 21. He also revealed that marine experts were deployed to save dozens of whales.

The stranded whales are currently in Macquarie Harbor in the west of the island where there are not many residents. Whales appear to be trapped in a sandbar. Apart from marine experts, security officers were also deployed in rescue efforts.

“Police are at the scene and a number of marine experts are being deployed to assess the situation. "Additional crew with whale rescue equipment will arrive today," said the Tasmanian Environment Department, quoted by CNA, Monday, September 21.

So far people have called the stranded whale species the pilot whale. However, experts have not been able to confirm. Recently, stranding whales have been common in Tasmania. Even so, it is not easy to make rescue efforts of stranded whales.

Take for example when it happened to a humpback whale in northern Australia. The rescue effort took up to two weeks. According to a report by Australian public broadcaster ABC, the humpback whale spent 17 days in the crocodile-infested fresh waters of Kakadu National Park.

Now the humpback whale has sailed the open seas in Darwin. Scientists previously considered options for guiding the humpback whale to safety, after it became the first whale known to travel to a muddy river. Luckily, the whale returned to the ocean by itself.