SEAQUAKES CAUSED POD OF WHALES TO BEACHED NEAR FT. PIERCE, FLORIDA
To review the real cause of whale and dolphin beachings, read the column on the right.
In general, this pod was injured by two quakes, one a few seconds after the first. The events occurred along the Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge, upstream about 3,000 miles form the stranding beach. The pressure-related injury damaged their sinuses and knocked out their ability to echo-navigate and to dive and feed themselves.
They were swimming north with the surface currents along the Florida Coast.There were two weather systems affecting the surface flow. The shoreward wind picked up and blew the surface waters and the whales into the sand.
You can notice in this SST image that warmer Gulf Stream waters washed inward just north of West Palm Beach at 01:58 GMT early Saturday morning. This is when the non-navigating whales were brought in near shore. They moved north with this filament of warmer water and were then washed into the sand by an inflowing tide and a strong wind blowing shoreward.
The filament of Gulf Stream water had pinched off 5-6 hours later (SST Image).
The pod was LOST and had no sense of direction. You can see how the wind-driven surface currents washed them into the sand in this Video. Stop the video at 0.06 and you can see the whales pointed back out to sea... but they have no idea where they are so they cannot escape. When the whales are pointing back out to sea, the girl in the background is yelling "Go baby, go." But the current keeps turning the whales and pointing them back toward the beach. OBVIOUSLY... THE WHALES HAVE LOST THEIR SENSE OF DIRECTION.
Only five of the more than 22 short-fin pilot whales that came ashore on a South Florida beach have survived. These five are the youngest and have been suckling during the journey. Nor where they on the fatal dive since their lungs are fully developed. Whales too young to dive remained at the surface with a baby sitter; likely the biggest of the five surviving whales. The young can recover and will likely do so if taken care of properly.
Allison Garrett says the rest died of natural causes or had to be humanely euthanized. She says although there was no obvious sign of trauma or injury to the whales, necropsies will be performed on them. All they need to do is look in the sinuses and cranial air spaces but its doubtful they will do that because of a conspiracy to cover-up sinus injury in whales.
The NOAA spokesman, as usual, said it was unclear why the whales became stranded. "Pilot whales are very social animals," she added. "One scenario could be one of the animals was sick. They won't leave (a sick whale). They'll stay together."
This strong social cohesion bull crap is entirely false. The idea was first published several hundred years ago. Pilot whales used to be called blackfish and potheads but became known as pilot whales because they were often observed followed another pod member into a sand trap where they were usually slaughtered for their oil. The so called "lead whale" just happens to be the one swimming the fastest to escape the sharks that are lagging in the water just behind the pod waiting on a straggler to fall behind.
Big oceanic sharks don't feed on tiny fishes. They open their big ugly mouths and bite into a whale's ass and then twist and turn and tear off huge chucks.
Sharks trail seaquake-wounded pods like wolves trail a herd of elk. They wait patiently for a straggler to fall behind. The injured whales are aware of the waiting sharks so they naturally stay close to their pod mates. Obviously, the pod sticks close to each other not because of a "strong social bond" but out of fear of being eaten alive. The terror they must experience when alone in shark-infested waters explains why injured individuals, when freed, will not swim away from the beach until the rest of the pod is also free. They are not expressing sympathy for their still stranded pod mates; rather, they know the odds that they will be the next shark attack victim is greatly reduced if they swim away with the group. The main reason these whales live in tight social groups is because there is greater safety for the individual.
Nor are seaquake-injured whales following a leader or going to the aide of a sick pod mate. They follow behind each other because they are terrified to be left alone in shark-infested waters. They don't swim away from the beach when set free unless the rest of the pod goes with them for the same fearful reason.
One other point: Most shark attacks on swimmers when injured whales swim by the coast. Many sharks get pushed away from the chance to feed on a fat whale. They are ravenous—driven nearly mad by hunger. They will go after any thing big enough to eat.
The beaches could made much safer and human lives could easily be saved from sharks if the crooked scientists would stop trying to cover-up for the Navy and the oil industry! With the right equipment, time periods can be predicted when wounded whales will approach beaches. Shark warnings can be posted. Much can be done when the whale scientists stop lying to the public.
Magnitude mb 4.8 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
Date time 2012-07-20 06:52:48.0 UTC
Location 8.13 N ; 38.16 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 1325 km N Fortaleza (pop 2,311,885 ; local time 03:52:48.0 2012-07-20)
1291 km N ParnaÃba (pop 138,008 ; local time 03:52:48.0 2012-07-20)
1244 km N Itarema (pop 10,330 ; local time 03:52:48.0 2012-07-20)
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15 seconds later, another 4.8 mag. earthquake occurred 300 km north of the first. I do not believe that these two quakes were so far apart. Obviously, the second was triggered by the first so I think they were right on top of each other and more or less part of the same seismic event.
Magnitude mb 4.8 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Date time 2012-07-20 06:53:03.9 UTC
Location 10.86 N ; 38.35 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 1628 km N Fortaleza (pop 2,311,885 ; local time 03:53:03.9 2012-07-20)
1577 km N ParnaÃba (pop 138,008 ; local time 03:53:03.9 2012-07-20)
1541 km N Acaraú (pop 28,389 ; local time 03:53:03.9 2012-07-20)
At any rate, these are the two events I think were responsible for the injury to the pilot whales.
The British sailing ship "Anuraus" was in this vicinity in 1902 when it also experienced an undersea earthquake.
The distance from the epicenter of the quakes to the beach was ~3,000 miles. The time elapsed was about 40 days; thus the whales swim/drifted downstream about 75 miles per day.
Most of the pod died on the beach indicating that they had been at sea for a longer than normal period and were near death when they were washed ashore by the surface currents.
Read more about how earthquakes cause whales to mass beach.
Capt. David Williams, Chairman
Deafwhale Society, Inc. (One of the oldest 501-c non-profit whale research groups in the world, and the only one devoted solely to understanding why marine mammals beach themselves.)
Why Whales Strand: The Logical Truth
Seaquakes kill 322 Baleen Whales in Chile
Three Fin Whales Killed by Seaquake
The Danger of Seaquakes
How Seaquakes Cause Whale Strandings
Scientists Lying About Whale Strandings
Whale Scientists Spreading Propaganda Part II
Scuba Divers Survive Seaquakes
Surface Currents Guide Whales to the Beach
Seaquake-Vessel Encounters from 1900 to 2015
Seaquake-Vessel Encounters from 1800 to 1899
History of Whale Drive Fisheries and Seaquakes
Typical Seaquake Reported by a Ship at Sea
Various Whale Beaching Theories
Whale Stranding Solutions
Variables in Seaquake-Induced Whale Strandings
Narwhals Trapped in Arctic Ice
Seaquake Causes Whale Beaching
1988 article why whales and dolphins strand (PDF)
2013 Science Article - seaquakes cause whale strandings (PDF)
Seismic Airguns Kill Endangered Sea Turtles
Nuclear Submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) sunk by seaquake
1966 US Navy verifies seaquakes sinks ships and kill marine life
Ghost Ship Mary Celeste abandoned during seaquake
Site Map for http://deafwhale.blogspot.com
2015
Allison Garrett says the rest died of natural causes or had to be humanely euthanized. She says although there was no obvious sign of trauma or injury to the whales, necropsies will be performed on them. All they need to do is look in the sinuses and cranial air spaces but its doubtful they will do that because of a conspiracy to cover-up sinus injury in whales.
The NOAA spokesman, as usual, said it was unclear why the whales became stranded. "Pilot whales are very social animals," she added. "One scenario could be one of the animals was sick. They won't leave (a sick whale). They'll stay together."
This strong social cohesion bull crap is entirely false. The idea was first published several hundred years ago. Pilot whales used to be called blackfish and potheads but became known as pilot whales because they were often observed followed another pod member into a sand trap where they were usually slaughtered for their oil. The so called "lead whale" just happens to be the one swimming the fastest to escape the sharks that are lagging in the water just behind the pod waiting on a straggler to fall behind.
Big oceanic sharks don't feed on tiny fishes. They open their big ugly mouths and bite into a whale's ass and then twist and turn and tear off huge chucks.
Sharks trail seaquake-wounded pods like wolves trail a herd of elk. They wait patiently for a straggler to fall behind. The injured whales are aware of the waiting sharks so they naturally stay close to their pod mates. Obviously, the pod sticks close to each other not because of a "strong social bond" but out of fear of being eaten alive. The terror they must experience when alone in shark-infested waters explains why injured individuals, when freed, will not swim away from the beach until the rest of the pod is also free. They are not expressing sympathy for their still stranded pod mates; rather, they know the odds that they will be the next shark attack victim is greatly reduced if they swim away with the group. The main reason these whales live in tight social groups is because there is greater safety for the individual.
Nor are seaquake-injured whales following a leader or going to the aide of a sick pod mate. They follow behind each other because they are terrified to be left alone in shark-infested waters. They don't swim away from the beach when set free unless the rest of the pod goes with them for the same fearful reason.
One other point: Most shark attacks on swimmers when injured whales swim by the coast. Many sharks get pushed away from the chance to feed on a fat whale. They are ravenous—driven nearly mad by hunger. They will go after any thing big enough to eat.
The beaches could made much safer and human lives could easily be saved from sharks if the crooked scientists would stop trying to cover-up for the Navy and the oil industry! With the right equipment, time periods can be predicted when wounded whales will approach beaches. Shark warnings can be posted. Much can be done when the whale scientists stop lying to the public.
AS TO THE REAL CAUSE OF THE BEACHING
A shallow 4.8 mag earthquake occurred upstream from the stranding beach at 3:52:48 AM on July 20th.
Magnitude mb 4.8 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
Date time 2012-07-20 06:52:48.0 UTC
Location 8.13 N ; 38.16 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 1325 km N Fortaleza (pop 2,311,885 ; local time 03:52:48.0 2012-07-20)
1291 km N ParnaÃba (pop 138,008 ; local time 03:52:48.0 2012-07-20)
1244 km N Itarema (pop 10,330 ; local time 03:52:48.0 2012-07-20)
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15 seconds later, another 4.8 mag. earthquake occurred 300 km north of the first. I do not believe that these two quakes were so far apart. Obviously, the second was triggered by the first so I think they were right on top of each other and more or less part of the same seismic event.
Magnitude mb 4.8 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Date time 2012-07-20 06:53:03.9 UTC
Location 10.86 N ; 38.35 W
Depth 10 km
Distances 1628 km N Fortaleza (pop 2,311,885 ; local time 03:53:03.9 2012-07-20)
1577 km N ParnaÃba (pop 138,008 ; local time 03:53:03.9 2012-07-20)
1541 km N Acaraú (pop 28,389 ; local time 03:53:03.9 2012-07-20)
At any rate, these are the two events I think were responsible for the injury to the pilot whales.
The British sailing ship "Anuraus" was in this vicinity in 1902 when it also experienced an undersea earthquake.
The distance from the epicenter of the quakes to the beach was ~3,000 miles. The time elapsed was about 40 days; thus the whales swim/drifted downstream about 75 miles per day.
Most of the pod died on the beach indicating that they had been at sea for a longer than normal period and were near death when they were washed ashore by the surface currents.
Read more about how earthquakes cause whales to mass beach.
Capt. David Williams, Chairman
Deafwhale Society, Inc. (One of the oldest 501-c non-profit whale research groups in the world, and the only one devoted solely to understanding why marine mammals beach themselves.)
Why Whales Strand: The Logical Truth
Seaquakes kill 322 Baleen Whales in Chile
Three Fin Whales Killed by Seaquake
The Danger of Seaquakes
How Seaquakes Cause Whale Strandings
Scientists Lying About Whale Strandings
Whale Scientists Spreading Propaganda Part II
Scuba Divers Survive Seaquakes
Surface Currents Guide Whales to the Beach
Seaquake-Vessel Encounters from 1900 to 2015
Seaquake-Vessel Encounters from 1800 to 1899
History of Whale Drive Fisheries and Seaquakes
Typical Seaquake Reported by a Ship at Sea
Various Whale Beaching Theories
Whale Stranding Solutions
Variables in Seaquake-Induced Whale Strandings
Narwhals Trapped in Arctic Ice
Seaquake Causes Whale Beaching
1988 article why whales and dolphins strand (PDF)
2013 Science Article - seaquakes cause whale strandings (PDF)
Seismic Airguns Kill Endangered Sea Turtles
Nuclear Submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) sunk by seaquake
1966 US Navy verifies seaquakes sinks ships and kill marine life
Ghost Ship Mary Celeste abandoned during seaquake
Site Map for http://deafwhale.blogspot.com
2015
Dec 09: Whale Dangerous Earthquake South of Perth
Dec 09: Seaquake causes dolphins to strand Baja California
Nov 23: Seaquakes kill 322 baleen whales in Chile (shocking)
Aug 24: NOAA whale scientists dumbfounded
Aug 14: stranded dolphin is determined to be deaf
Aug 08: seaquake causes pilot whales to strand Nova Scotia
Jul 27: is our stranding solution flawed as scientists claim
Jun 01: pilots stranded Isles of Skye from Reykjanes Ridge
May 22: dead whales washing ashore on the California Coast
May 10: earthquake kills 20 Sei Whales near Chile Coast
Apr 10: seaquake strands 150 melon-headed whales in Japan
2014
Dec 25: navigation failure in mass stranded whales (most popular)
Dec 08: seaquake causes 7 sperm whales to beach Australia
Nov 24: seaquake beaches 3 sperm whales at Golden Bay
Nov 04: seaquake beaches 60 pilot whales in Bay of Plenty
Oct 29: nine pilot whales strand on Prince Edward Island
Apr 11: 60 pilot whales beach in Bay of Plenty
Mar 20: Cape Ray Newfoundland 37 dolphins beach
Mar 14: undersea quakes louder than nuclear explosions
Mar 13: seaquakes cause whale strandings 32 million years
Mar 02: blue whale killed by seaquake in Kuwait
Feb 27: seaquake kills young killer whale
Feb 23: predicting mass beachings based on seaquakes
Feb 21: lessons in understanding why whales beach
Feb 18: seaquake Greenland Sea kills 3 sperm whales
Feb 12: nine orcas killed by seaquake
Jan 30: Cape Cod mass stranding predicted
Jan 20: seaquake causes 39 pilot whales to strand Florida
Jan 16: seaquakes beach 65 pilot whales in Golden Bay
Jan 05: seaquake beaches 30 pilot whales in Golden Bay
2013
Dec 06: why did pilot whales beached in the everglades?
Apr 30: seaquake beaches 6 killer whales in Iceland
Apr 25: beached whales stop war games
2012
Dec 08: seaquake beach pilot whales South Carolina
Nov 15: pilot whales beach at Golden Bay, New Zealand
Nov 04: seaquake causes two pods to beach at King Island
Oct 28: pilot whales strand on North Andaman Island
Oct 17: earthquakes cause New Zealand whale stranding
Sep 09: earthquake kills pregnant sperm whale
Sep 03: seaquake strands pilot whales in Scotland
Aug 24: two quakes cause near beaching in Cape Verde
Jul 28: 200 Pilot Whales Northwest of Iceland
Mar 19: Four Sperm Whales Wash Ashore in China
2011
Dec 31: world's rarest whales killed by earthquake
Mar 06: 52 melon-headed dolphins strand in Japan
2008
Nov 20: 52 Pilot Whales Stranded in Tasmania
Dec 09: Seaquake causes dolphins to strand Baja California
Nov 23: Seaquakes kill 322 baleen whales in Chile (shocking)
Aug 24: NOAA whale scientists dumbfounded
Aug 14: stranded dolphin is determined to be deaf
Aug 08: seaquake causes pilot whales to strand Nova Scotia
Jul 27: is our stranding solution flawed as scientists claim
Jun 01: pilots stranded Isles of Skye from Reykjanes Ridge
May 22: dead whales washing ashore on the California Coast
May 10: earthquake kills 20 Sei Whales near Chile Coast
Apr 10: seaquake strands 150 melon-headed whales in Japan
2014
Dec 25: navigation failure in mass stranded whales (most popular)
Dec 08: seaquake causes 7 sperm whales to beach Australia
Nov 24: seaquake beaches 3 sperm whales at Golden Bay
Nov 04: seaquake beaches 60 pilot whales in Bay of Plenty
Oct 29: nine pilot whales strand on Prince Edward Island
Apr 11: 60 pilot whales beach in Bay of Plenty
Mar 20: Cape Ray Newfoundland 37 dolphins beach
Mar 14: undersea quakes louder than nuclear explosions
Mar 13: seaquakes cause whale strandings 32 million years
Mar 02: blue whale killed by seaquake in Kuwait
Feb 27: seaquake kills young killer whale
Feb 23: predicting mass beachings based on seaquakes
Feb 21: lessons in understanding why whales beach
Feb 18: seaquake Greenland Sea kills 3 sperm whales
Feb 12: nine orcas killed by seaquake
Jan 30: Cape Cod mass stranding predicted
Jan 20: seaquake causes 39 pilot whales to strand Florida
Jan 16: seaquakes beach 65 pilot whales in Golden Bay
Jan 05: seaquake beaches 30 pilot whales in Golden Bay
2013
Dec 06: why did pilot whales beached in the everglades?
Apr 30: seaquake beaches 6 killer whales in Iceland
Apr 25: beached whales stop war games
2012
Dec 08: seaquake beach pilot whales South Carolina
Nov 15: pilot whales beach at Golden Bay, New Zealand
Nov 04: seaquake causes two pods to beach at King Island
Oct 28: pilot whales strand on North Andaman Island
Oct 17: earthquakes cause New Zealand whale stranding
Sep 09: earthquake kills pregnant sperm whale
Sep 03: seaquake strands pilot whales in Scotland
Aug 24: two quakes cause near beaching in Cape Verde
Jul 28: 200 Pilot Whales Northwest of Iceland
Mar 19: Four Sperm Whales Wash Ashore in China
2011
Dec 31: world's rarest whales killed by earthquake
Mar 06: 52 melon-headed dolphins strand in Japan
2008
Nov 20: 52 Pilot Whales Stranded in Tasmania
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