VIDEO: Aurora Borealis and Beaching: Astronomer Sheds Light on Mystery Whale Strandings

Aurora Borealis and Beaching: Astronomer Sheds Light on Mystery Whale Strandings 

ENVIRONMENT

 06.09.2017

It is a mystery that left some of the best brains in the business totally baffled - why were healthy sperm whales suddenly finding themselves stranded on beaches all over Europe?

Biologists and oceangraphers talked and talked before offering up a variety of reasons after nearly 30 giant marine mammals were discovered trapped and unable to move on coastlines in Germany, Holland, France and, of course, Britain in 2016.

The puzzle continued after autopsies showed the animals were mainly well fed, young and disease-free. Regardless of all the talk, however, no obvious answer was forthcoming surrounding the mass strandings during January, 2016 — until now, that is.

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