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Mass stranding

Mass stranding

Mass stranding

One of three species which strand themselves in groups is the sperm whale. About 20 sperm whales stranded here at Wainui Beach, Gisborne in 1972.

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Department of Conservation
Reference: Alan N. Baker, Whales and dolphins of New Zealand and Australia. Wellington: Biological Society, Victoria University of Wellington, 1972
Photograph by Faulkner

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