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What dolphins and whales are at highest risk for stranding?

April 26, 2017dolphins Highest risk Stranding Whales

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What dolphins and whales are at highest risk for stranding?

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Most mass strandings occur in toothed whale species such as sperm whales, pilot whales and pygmy sperm whales. According to Rogan et al. (1997) pilot whales, white-sided dolphins and false killer whales are the species that mass strand the most. Single strandings are often bottlenose dolphins.