Australian wildlife authorities are investigating the deaths of 14 young sperm whales that were found beached on an island off of the southeastern coast, officials said Tuesday.
The whales were discovered Monday afternoon on King Island, part of the state of Tasmania in the Bass Strait between Melbourne and Tasmania’s northern coast, the state Department of Natural Resources and Environment said in a statement.
A government Marine Conservation Program team traveled to the island Tuesday and was conducting necropsies of the whales to try to determine their cause of death.
14 dead sperm whales found beached on Australian island
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