Why do whales beach themselves?

Answer 1

One major theory that has surfaced in recent years is submarine sonar equipment. Supposedly, whales and other marine life are driven crazy by the pulses put out by sonar, and in whales, it causes a condition alot like 'the bends'. The whales panic and flee. Often times they will be so badly affected by the pulse that they don't realize they are drawing in close to shore, and they'll just crash right into the beach.

Other reasons may include sickness. They may lose their sense of orientation and wind up on the beach.

They may be trying to escape a predator or predators. While there is no known creature in the oceans large enough or threatening enough to send dozens of whales fleeing, many larger whales are prey for Orcas (Killer Whales) and sometimes larger whales will beach themselves while attempting to flee pods of Orcas.

There are many possible explanations to this phenomena, and these are only a few.

Answer 2

there has been some places the place even a college (what ever that's named) of dolphins beaching themselves up a small river and there the place thousands lifeless on the shore. They reckon that the reason at the back of multiple the beaching is using making use of sonic sound waves from sea bearing automobiles for navigation. frequently that's Submarines human beings speculate that the MOD could have been education/attempting out interior the section for the type of disaster to take place. those animals are otherwise wholesome and while they locate themselves in hardship water they're under pressure basically because of the situation they locate themselves in.

Answer 3

Whales beach themselves by accident. They rush into shallow waters to get their prey, such as seals, and often end up stranding themselves on the beach. There is no wild theory behind it.

Answer 4

Sick, lost, confused. Virus, cancer, tumor, blood disorder, parasite, etc. etc. has disrupted their ability to navigate. If the matriarch of the Pod is sick and beaches the rest of the pod with follow.

There is some evidence that very powerful Sonars are causing some of the whale problems.

Answer 5

That report in the news about that blue whale was so sad to watch..even though the vets humanely put him down, it draws tears to see such a magnificent creature at its weakest, at the depths of despair, and dying... :(

Answer 6

to catch fish.
unfortunately they end up stuck on the beach and have to wait for another whale to push them back in or rot under the murky sun

Answer 7

whales go to shore when they are gonna die or when sick.

Answer 8

Their navigational system malfunctions.

Answer 9

cheap sat nav

Answer 10

Its their form of suicide.