400 Dead Pilot Whales Discovered, East Falklands *PIC*

March 22, 2011

On Speedwell island, south west of East Falklands, 400 pilot whales were discovered dead. The man who discovered the whales on March 12th, estimated they had been dead for about 10 days placing the time of death around March 2, 2011.

Global Animal Mercopress reports: On a remote island in the Falklands, 400 pilot whales died after grounding on a beach. Scientists have been dispatched to determine the cause of the groundings.

The pod of whales apparently died after becoming stranded on the uninhabited Speedwell island to the south west of East Falkland and were discovered by Christopher May a local sheep farmer.

Chris May told Mercopress he discovered the stranded whales around March 12th when he visited his sheep farm on Speedwell Island to the south of East Falklands.

He estimated that they had been dead for around 10 days, when he discovered the unaccountable incident which scientists have long attempted to diagnose. He twice counted the whales and reached 400 each time.

Chris May said that unusually many of them were ‘floating’ dead in the water. The larges of the whales were between 20-25 feet and the smallest around 5 feet in length.

Much more to this story: asheham.wordpress.com

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