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Not exact matches
Her samples have helped determine that a killer
whale had died of salmonella and that parasites were causing mass
beachings of
pilot whales.
The
beached carcasses of 110 long - finned
pilot whales and 20 bottle - nosed dolphins were discovered by an abalone diver on the west coast of the island on Monday.
Once in a while in the past,
beach strandings of «blackfish» (assumed to be
pilot whales) were evidenced.
Another focus this summer may be the Faroe Islands, where an annual roundup and
beach slaughter of
pilot whales has received far less attention than Japan's slaughter of dolphins and
whales.