Mass Stranding Kills Almost 150 Pilot Whales

The rescue efforts sustained another loss before the last six whales were returned to the ocean. Still, questions remain. No one knows exactly why such “mass strandings” take place. Was the dominant whale disoriented, or distracted by the prospect of food? Does the sonar we use for subaquatic mapping and navigation confuse creatures so attuned to its frequencies? We may never know what led to the deaths of these creatures.