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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Leo Black

More than a dozen sperm whales found beached

Sarah Baldock / SWNS

At least 14 male sperm whales have been found beached on King Island off the north-west coast of Tasmania.

The whales are thought to all be juvenile males and from what is called a “bachelor pod”, meaning a pod of young males that band together after leaving their family groups.

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