Human Factor Suspected in Mass Beaching of Whales in Australia

Human Factor Suspected in Mass Beaching of Whales in Australia

by Lewis Smith


Conservationists are demanding an immediate and thorough inquiry into what they say is the suspicious stranding of 200 whales and dolphins.


Some of the 200 pilot whales which beached themselves on an island near Australia's southern state of Tasmania (Photo: Reuters)

Fears that the mass stranding on an Australian beach on Sunday was caused by human disturbance were raised because two species of cetacean came ashore simultaneously.

Most of the animals were pilot whales, but a number of bottlenose dolphins were also among the pod.

Residents joined wildlife workers to spend hours keeping the surviving animals wet and cool before they could be lifted, pushed and hauled back into the water.

The rescue operation succeeded in saving 54 pilot whales and five dolphins on Naracoopa Beach on King Island, Tasmania. Most of the beached animals were dead by the time anyone could reach them.

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But since we have to artificially supercharge our farming soils in order to sustain way too many people for this tiny planet, this is what we're doing. The Bosch-Haber manufacturing cycle is how we're doing it. Pumping ammonia into a machine in order to get nitrogen for farming. It is one of the biggest problems on our planet, and almost no one knows about it. Not to mention that a massive 1% of all of our total energy is required to run the operations.

What a shame.

And this is also another reason to shut off the military machine. Life is hard enough without their help. Idiots.