Hi everyone, welcome to a new episode of WHALEZONE.TV, which is now available on our blog! 
In this episode, Simone talks about the various reasons why Whales and Dolphins strand. These includes accidential reasons but also some techniques that they use to strand on purpose. Watch, learn and enjoy!
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W. Richardson, Charles Greene, Jr. Charles Malme, Denis Thomson: Marine mammals and noise. Academic press (2013)
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