Life is a Beach: 21 beached whales in Florida

On the morning of Saturday, September first, twenty one pilot whales, two of which being calves, were found stranded on an Atlantic coast beach in Fort Pierce, Florida. Two of the whales died of natural causes and the remaining whales were examined to see if they could be assisted back into the ocean, where they belong. Pilot whales are supposedly very intelligent and they often beach themselves in areas around the world, however the cause of this occurrence is unknown since they typically live in deeper parts of the ocean. There is speculation that the cause of this beaching could once again be the work of parasites that affect the brains of pilot whales and make them go off course.

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