False Killer Whales Die In A Mysterious Mass Stranding

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Title: 82 False Killer Whales Die in a Mysterious Mass Stranding I found this article on National Geographic's website. It is By Michael Greshko and published on January 17, 2017

On the shoreline of Florida’s Everglades National Park 95 false killer whales which are the fourth largest member of the Delphinidae family are found stranded. 82 of them which are dead. This caused enormous sorrow seeing is this is a species on the verge of extinction. But why did this happen? Although the reason still remains a mystery they were all found washed up on the shore. This was the largest stranding ever recorded in the state of Florida and researchers still cant figure out is to why 95 of them would

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