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Mass strandings of pilot whales on Florida coasts continue

Emily

Emily

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http://jacksonville.com/video/entertainment/videos/2014-01-21/watch-dozens-whales-stranded-southwest-florida
By Terry Wallace
Posted: January 21, 2014 - 7:52am

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) ? The U.S. Coast Guard has stopped boat traffic in an area of southwest Florida where a pod of pilot whales stranded.
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Farther south, officials were monitoring another two dozen pilot whales off the coast of Collier County...
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A NOAA expert said many of the whales are in poor shape and that Pilot whales usually swim in deeper waters farther offshore so were out of their range for some reason.

http://tbo.com/news/florida/more-whales-stranded-off-southwest-florida-20140120/

There was another mass stranding in December in the Everglades:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/12/ten-pilot-whales-dead-dozens-others-stranded-in-florida-everglades.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/12/ten-pilot-whales-dead-dozens-others-stranded-in-florida-everglades.html
 
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