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pilot whale
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pilot whale

Any of one to three species (genus Globicephala, family Delphinidae) of toothed whale found in all oceans except the Arctic and Antarctic, also called caa'ing whale for a roaring sound it makes when stranded. It is black, usually with a lighter splash on the throat and chest, and has a round, bulging forehead, a short beaklike snout, and slender, pointed flippers, and grows to 13–20 ft (4–6 m) long. Pilot whales live in large schools, sometimes hundreds or thousands, feeding mainly on squid. They have been kept in oceanariums and trained to perform.
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Conservationists and the public had remained at Sandy Bay near Castlegregory for much of Thursday where 10 pilot whales circled the shallow waters of the near shoreline.
Whales fail to turn up on beach; STRANDING? by The Mirror (London, England)
A group of 11 long-finned pilot whales were lifted onto trucks by cranes fitted with giant slings and driven to a safe harbour for release after they beached at Hamelin Bay, south of Perth city, on Monday.
Baby whale dies after Australian mass beaching by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Rescuers used trucks and cranes fitted with giant slings to move 11 long-finned pilot whales by road to sheltered waters for release, after they beached with about 80 others on Monday at Hamelin Bay, south of Perth city.
Six rescued whales beach again in Australia by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
 
 
 
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