Cetacean stranding events: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Beached Cuvier's Beaked Whale (28740971527).jpg|alt=A beached Cuvier's beaked whale in Newfoundland|thumb|A beached Cuvier's beaked whale in Newfoundland]]
[[Cetacean stranding]], also known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach. Beached whales and dolphins often die due to dehydration, collapsing under their own weight, or drowning when high tide covers the blowhole.
[[Cetacean stranding]], also known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales and dolphins strand themselves on land, usually on a beach. Beached whales and dolphins often die due to dehydration, collapsing under their own weight, or drowning when high tide covers the blowhole.


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