Article 63TRN More than a dozen sperm whales die in mass stranding on King Island

More than a dozen sperm whales die in mass stranding on King Island

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Tasmania's environment department says the young male whales might have been part of same bachelor pod'

More than a dozen sperm whales have died and washed ashore on King Island, north of Tasmania.

The whales appeared to be young males and were dead when the stranding was reported on Monday afternoon, Tasmania's Department of Natural Resources and Environment said on Tuesday.

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