Why Did About 50 Pilot Whales Strand on Jagged New Zealand Rocks Overnight? Rescuers Could Not Save Any
Nature World News | 06.11.2026 14:42
A pod of pilot whales came ashore in the middle of the night on the rugged Ngawi coastline near Cape Palliser, at the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island, and by Thursday evening, Nov. 5, local time, none of the animals found alive had survived. Residents counted about 50 whales wedged among the rocks on Thursday morning.
