Cetacean stranding
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Cetacean stranding, commonly known as beaching, is a phenomenon in which whales, dolphins and porpoises strand themselves on land, usually on a beach. Beached whales often die due to dehydration, coll
A mass stranding of pilot whales on the shore of Cape Cod, 1902
Beached false killer whales at Flinders Bay, Western Australia, 1986
Three Beached Whales, a 1577 engraving by the Flemish artist Jan Wierix, depicts stranded sperm whales. Note the incorrectly recorded "nostril" and death erection.
"The Whale beached between Scheveningen and Katwijk, with elegant sightseers", by Esaias van de Velde, c. 1617
Pilot whale
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Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala. The two extant species are the long-finned pilot whale and the short-finned pilot whale. The two are not readily distinguishable at sea,
Cetacean stranding
…that normally inhabit deep waters and live in large, tightly knit groups are the most susceptible. This includes the sperm whale, oceanic dolphins, pilot whales and orcas, and a few beaked whale species. The most common species to strand in the United Kingdom is the harbour porpoise; the common dolphin (Delphinus…
Pilot whale
Jaw of the extinct species Globicephala etruriae
Long-finned pilot whale skeleton
A pilot whale spyhopping