A solar day at the shoring quickly turned into a delivery situation for beachgoers on St. Simons Island , Georgia this week when a pod of pilot whales washed ashore . Beachingcan be disastrous for giant , but thanks to a mathematical group of first respondent and volunteer , most of the run aground maritime mammals were returned to safety , USA Todayreports .
Spotting whales off the coast of Georgia is n’t strange , but what occurred at St. Simons Island the afternoon of Tuesday , July 16 was out of the ordinary . The pilot light whale had swum so close to the shoring that they had become stuck on the sand — and there were dozens of them . The animal could have died fromdehydrationat low tide or possibly drown if the tide cover their vent-hole .
Fortunately , the beachgoers watching the situation unfold acted fast . They waded into the sea and manually push the small whales back into deeper water where they could swim freely . First responders from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources ( DNR ) also aided in the saving movement .
The heroical volunteer were n’t able to save every whale . Two of the mammals became helpless and had to be euthanized . But according to the Glynn County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency , the legal age of the whalesswam forth unharmed . " This has been an strange natural event , but outcome like these can really show the horizontal surface of fear and support from our community , " the delegacy spell on itsFacebook Sir Frederick Handley Page . " Thank you to everyone that helped those that could n’t aid themselves today . "
Beaching is a rare event that still isn’tfully understoodby scientist . In the typesetter’s case of these pilot whales , which travel in seedpod , one brainsick whale may have swum too close to land and direct the relief of the whales to danger . The DNR plans to guide autopsies on the two whales who perished .
[ h / tUSA Today ]
