'Mystery' as fourteen vulnerable sperm whales wash ashore Australian island

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Thriller surrounds the deaths of fourteen younger male sperm whales that washed ashore King Island, off Tasmania's north coast earlier this week.

The mammals have been first reported to authorities on Monday, the Division of Pure Sources and Setting (NRE) mentioned.

An aerial survey was performed yesterday and no different animals have been discovered within the space, a NRE spokesperson advised 9news.com.au.

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Certainly one of 14 lifeless sperm whales lies washed up on a seashore at King Island, north of Tasmania, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. The whales have been found Monday afternoon on King Island, a part of the state of Tasmania within the Bass Strait between Melbourne and Tasmania's northern coast, the state Division of Pure Sources and Setting mentioned in an announcement. (Division of Pure Sources and Setting Tasmania through AP)(NRE)

Wildlife biologists and a vet are travelling to the island to analyze what result in the animals' deaths.

"It's not uncommon for sperm whales to be sighted in Tasmania and the world the whales have stranded is throughout the regular vary and habitat for sperm whales," the division mentioned in an announcement.

Photographs shared by the division present the big whales mendacity on their aspect, some with their mouths agape.

Wildlife scientist Dr Vanessa Pirotta mentioned it is not sure what result in the stranding.

"Each stranding stays a thriller and a chance to be taught extra," Pirotta mentioned.

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Individuals are urged to keep away from swimming because the animals degrade.(AP)

It is attainable the whales have been a part of a "bachelor pod", Pirotta added.

"Teenager-like male sperm whales might hang around collectively earlier than reaching maturity.

"Mature males might select to stay swimming independently and hunt down females to mate with."

Pirotta mentioned swimmers ought to keep away from the water because the animals will likely be left to interrupt down.

"These whales will likely be left on the seashore to naturally breakdown," she mentioned.

"I strongly advise no swimming in close by waters".

The NRE mentioned the carcasses "might entice sharks".

"Members of the general public are reminded it's an offence to intervene with protected wildlife, together with being in possession of components of a lifeless whale, and are requested to maintain their distance," it mentioned.

Parks and Wildlife Companies are monitoring the state of affairs on web site.

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This isn't the primary mass stranding to have taken place in Tasmania.

Nearly two years in the past precisely, a whole lot of pilot whales stranded themselves alongside sandbars on Macquarie Harbour, about 190 kilometres from Hobart.