125 Whales Found Dead in New Zealand; Experts Unsure of Cause
Submitted by DeepDiveAdmin on Dec 28, 2009
Some 125 pilot whales died in New Zealand
after stranding on the beach over the weekend _ but vacationers and
conservation workers Sunday managed to coax 43 others back out to sea. The Associated Press reports:
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According to Wiki, pilot whales weigh around 3 tons. 125 dead whales comes to 750,000 pounds.
Isn't there some practical way to salvage or recycle some of that? It seems incredible they would just be burried to rot.