Published November 18, 2011 12:00AM
The last of 91 beached whales died on Wednesday in New Zealand. The mass beaching began Saturday, when 24 sperm whales and two minke whales ran aground in Tasmania, and continued when 65 pilot whales became stranded on New Zealand’s South Island. Rescue efforts were hampered by weather, and only two whales were returned to the ocean. The incidents do not appear to be related and biologists are unsure what may have caused the beachings.
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