Several theories propounded by some marine biologists: Pilot whales are an extraordinarily social species. When a member of the pod is in trouble, the entire pod comes to their aid. So if one ill whale came into the marshy area, the others might follow.
Or They came in too close to shore, in a place where the sandy bottom slopes up very gradually, which confused their echo-location navigation and they were unable to find their way back to deeper water Or the pod was infected with a bacterial or viral illness and deliberately beached to die (necropsy may determine if this was the case). -Ben > How do you reconcile the fact that these beachings have been going on for > centuries (and documented as far back as the settling of the Providence > Plantation) but that low frequency active sonar is an extremely modern > invention? > > Before we go blaming "science" for these things, maybe a little more research > needs to be done. Such as a necropsy on the dead whales, since the articles you > cite point out there will be bleeding in and around the inner ear. > > Not that I think it couldn't possibly be sonar, but why not wait till the facts > are in before shouting the sky is falling. > > Jerry Johnson > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/31/02 09:49AM >>> > Two words: ACTIVE SONAR > > http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/nlfa.asp > http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/sound/sdinx.asp > > ? > > Did I miss something? > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
