THE TRUTH ABOUT WHY WHALES MASS STRAND

NEWS FLASH: EARTHQUAKES KILL 337 WHALES IN CHILE 2015-April-21: More than 20 large sei whales were discovered dead and rotting inside an inlet along the rocky coast of southern Chile. Officials did not know what killed them or when. Researchers ruled out human involvement ( link ). In June, 337 dead whales were discovered south of where the sei whales were found. The was a  5.1 magnitude shallow-focused earthquake that occurred on 13 March 2015 not far from where the whales were found USGS report . On 24 March 2015, there was a more dangerous, vertical thrusting 5.2 magnitude quake ~1,000 km offshore that might have also been responsible ( link ). Surface currents from this offshore quakes would have guided injured whales into the area where the carcasses were found. To make matters even more confusing, the fisherman in the area might be using dynamite to kill whales that they believe are eating their fish. But blast injuries from explosives are muc...

One hundred and forty of the 200 pilot whales stranded themselves on Farewell Spit, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand, have died. They were injured by an earthquake south of South Island (see below). About 80 conservation workers and volunteers were trying to refloat the whales as high tide rolled in ,   Department of Conservation area manager Andrew Lamason said  that Farewell Spit is  a big, shallow hook. The whales come in, they get disoriented , and unfortunately we end up with a lot of dead whales.   We've had plenty times in the past where the pods have gone out to sea and turned around and come back again," he added. This disorientation is supposedly cause by the shallow water. The question is if shallow water disoriented them, why didn't they just just stay offshore where they could navigated? Humm? Don't sound right to me . My 40 years of research says pressure changes during the earthquake caused them to be disoriented (see below)...