LIFE's video: Pilot Whales Sri Lanka Rescues: Almost 115 saved 5 Dead After Mass Stranding in November 2020

LATEST NEWS VIDEO : Whale pod beached in Panadura Largest whale stranding in Sri Lanka draws epic volunteer rescue effort. Volunteers worked through the night to pull the whales back into deeper water after island’s worst mass beaching. When over a hundred ‘Pilot Whales’ began stranding themselves last afternoon along the Panadura beach in West Sri Lanka, it looked like a foregone conclusion that it would prove to be fatal to most. Amidst a dangerous Covid-19 second-wave, the incident presented myriad challenges if a rescue was to be planned. Sri Lanka has saved some mass stranding 120 pilot whales in a gruelling overnight rescue involving the navy, officials said Tuesday, after the island nation's biggest stranding. 5 pilot whales and one dolphin died of injuries following the mass beaching on Monday on the country's western coast at Panadura. Many on social media were commenting on how the people on the ground were mishandling the whales. The animals were fatigued and stressed, they were smashing their tails around - which was risky for the people in the water. It was difficult for the men (who were also fatigued) to turn them upright against the crashing waves, to direct them into the surf and to move them beyond their own height of water. If you’ve never been in this situation, please don’t be quick to judge. BREAKING NEWS: 120 whales have been Rescued on a beach in Sri Lanka Rescuers and volunteers were racing to save so many pilot whales stranded on Sri Lanka’s western coast in the country’s biggest mass beaching. The short-finned pilot whales began beaching at Panadura, 15 miles (25km) south of Colombo, shortly before dusk. Panadura Villagers Trying to Save Whales Stranded On Their Beach! A combination of the national navy, Local villagers and volunteers worked together on an overnight operation to push the whales back out to sea in Panadura, Sri Lanka. coronavirus curfew in the area, all to save the stranded whales. Although strandings are relatively common, scientists are still unsure as to why they happen. If they aren’t assisted back into the water, many whales die of dehydration, collapsing under their own weight, or drown when the hightide covers up their blowhole. Are pilot whales in danger? Pilot whales can grow up to 6 metres (20 feet) long and weigh a tonne. They are highly social animals. The short-finned species, such as those in Sri Lanka, according to Whale & Dolphin Conservation. Apart from the threat of beaching, pilot whales also face challenges due to human activity. From becoming entangled in fishing gear, to hunting in areas like Japan, short-finned pilot whales often find themselves in jeopardy. They can also become victims of vessel strikes, which injure or kill them. Scarred short-finned pilot whales have been observed in Hawaiian waters, according to the US National Marine Fisheries Service. WWF and Save the Whales are working hard to preserve the ocean and its inhabitants. The Panadura incident has been confirmed as the largest single pod of whales stranded in the south Asian country by Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA).Whales are at the top of the food chain and play an important role in the overall health of the marine environment, which is why it remains so important to protect them. _Lanka pilot whales pilot_whale whale Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority stranding of whales #පානදුර Lankans rush to rescue beached whales sri lanka save 115 whales rescue mission lanka whales LANKA'S SOUTH WEST COAST Lanka beached whales pilot whale of whales beached panadura Whales Rescue rescue mission pod beached in Panadura lanka LIFE vlog _life lankan rescure sea whales life whales panadura Lanka whales Whales Rescues Lanka's navy and volunteers rescued 120 pilot whales rescued by Sri Lankan navy පානදුර වෙරළ තීරයට පැමිණි තල්මසුන් ඩෙල්ෆිනිඩේ පවුලේ ග්ලෝබිසිෆෙලා කුලයට අයත් පයිලට් තල්මසුන් 120 කට පමණ සංඛ්‍යාවක් පසුගිය දා පස්වරුවේ පානදුර වෙරළට ගොඩ ගැසීමත් සමග ජීවිතාරක්ෂක කණ්ඩායම් සහ ස්වෙච්ඡාවෙන් ඉදිරිපත් වු බෙහෝ දෙනා කෙටි වරල් සහිත මෙම තල්මසුන් නැවත දියඹට යැවිමට දැඩි පරිශ්‍රමයක නිරත වූහ. "නියමු තල්මසුන් - Pilot Whales" ලෙසද හඳුන්වන අතර ඉන්දියන් සාගර කළාපය ඔවුන්ගේ වාසභූමිය ලෙස සැළකේ. ලෙස මෑත ඉතිහාසයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිදු වූ විශාලතම තල්මසුන් ගොඩ ගැසීම මෙය වේ. මෙලෙස අසාමන්‍ය ලෙස සාගර ජීවින් වෙරළට ගොඩ ගැසීම ඉදිරියෙදී අපිට මුහුණදීමට සිදුවන පූර්ව අනතුරු අඟවීමක්ද විය හැකියි. කෙසේවෙතත් එම තල්මසුන් අතරින් පස්දෙනෙක් මියගොස් ඇති අතර සෙසු සියලු සතුන් ගැඹුරු මුහුද දක්වා රැගෙන යනු ලැබිණ. පසුගිය මාසයේදී දකුණු ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ ටස්මේනියා වෙරළට මෙලෙස පැමිණි තල්මසුන් 400ක් පමණ මියගිය අතර පැවති කොරෝනා ඇඳිරි නීති තත්ත්වය යටතේ වුවද මෙරට මිනිසුන්ගේ සතුන් කෙරෙහි දක්වන කාරුණිකත්වය හා අවිහිංසාවාදී ගුණය ලොවට පෙන්වන මහඟු අවස්තාවක් ලෙස උපුටා දැක්විය යුතුම වේ.