Where is Playa Bufeo. It is near Ensenada and two dozen pilot whales were beached there. Hopefully none was a close friend of Shari.willardguy - 5-15-2016 at 08:06 PM
Friends have been sending me alerts and updates since it happened and unfortunately only 2 adults and a calf survived the mass stranding....leaving 24
dead Pilot whales on the beach. There were no indications of any fish netting issues and the whales that all those dedicated volunteers managed to get
back into deeper water just turned around and beached again....so very very tragic.
Whales dont want to drown so if they are sick or dying, they will go into the shallows to rest and die so most times it's not worth the danger and
stress of trying to get them back in the water unless it is a case of a baby who just miscalculated or was separated from it's mom and needed to rest
it's flippers....they can survive, reunite with mom or get adopted by another lactating female.
Most times all we can do is stay with the distressed animals, keep them comfortable by putting water over them or covering them with a blanket or
tarp, keep the birds and predators away and just comfort them emotionally until they cross over to the other side
Pilot whales commonly strand...whether it be a case of being sympathetic to a sick or dying whale, following a leader or what some believe is that
their navigation equipment is damaged due to underwater explosions or even the shifting of the earth's magnetic field can lead to strandings. RIP you
soulful ones.
[Edited on 5-16-2016 by shari]chippy - 5-16-2016 at 07:29 AM
I would think that all but 2 surviving is very fortunate. I hope you are right?shari - 5-16-2016 at 08:38 AM
oh geeze...I corrected it...only 2 adults and a calf survived the tragedy.David K - 5-16-2016 at 02:13 PM
Because Punta Bufeo is in the Municipality ("county") of Ensenada, that is why the location get confused with the city of the same name!BajaBlanca - 5-16-2016 at 03:01 PM
Tragic, tragic. I hope that they soon understand the WHY this happens.
Whales Gone Astray
MrBillM - 5-17-2016 at 07:04 PM
Suffering from Physeteroidea PTSD ?
Or, perhaps, a Satanic Cetacean Suicide Cult ?bezzell - 5-17-2016 at 07:41 PM
Along with all that other meat that's such a treat to eat.
YUM.
trust me GL, nothing pleases me more to know that YOU're leaning into it! ...
The Pleasure is ALL Mine
MrBillM - 5-21-2016 at 09:30 PM
As I munch my Carnivore way through my Septuagenarian decade, I often reflect on (among others) two former vociferous Vegan
"friends" who went face down from coronaries at 47 and 52.
Thinking of them always brings a smile as I savor that charred and bloody Beef.
