A pod of 230 pilot whales was found stranded on the west coast of Tasmania which was rough on Wednesday, with Australian officials said that only half of them lived.
The air image shows the terrible scene of a dozen shiny black mammals scattered on the long beach, trapped in a water line where the cold southern ocean meets sand.
Local residents cover the survivors with a blanket and watering it with a bucket of water to keep them alive, when other whales nearby try to be in vain to twitch free and lie down more.
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