45 sperm whales beached off Australian island
Friday, January 23, 2009 - 07:42
in Biology & Nature
(AP) -- Rescuers poured water on the parched skin of sperm whales beached on a remote sand bank off Australia's coast Friday to keep them alive until the next high tide, after a stranding that left at least 38 whales dead.
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