NOAA: Beachings of rare True Beaked whales along U.S. N. Atlantic coast may be due to Naval sonar

[Emily]

http://wnpr.org/post/second-beaked-whale-found-beached-eastern-long-island

11:02 am
Tue January 7, 2014
Second Beaked Whale Found Beached in Eastern Long Island
By Heather Brandon

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Beaked whales use echolocation to forage for small fish and squid in deep banks, canyons, and continental slopes. According to the NOAA Fisheries Service, some recent beaked whale strandings may have been caused by acoustic trauma associated with naval active sonar...

A third True death logged in December:
https://www.facebook.com/CTFishAndWildlife/posts/609692922401133

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December 31, 2013 at 6:12am ?

A rare True's beaked whale recently washed up beneath Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island. Skip Graf, an animal rescue assistant at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, said the whale, which was first noticed on Dec. 18, was identified through photographs taken by volunteers from the Northeast Region Stranding Network.

Keith Mueller/courtesy photo to Providence Rhode Island Journal
A True's beaked whale is found dead on the shoreline beneath Newport's Cliff Walk