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90 whales die in mass stranding off Tasmania

There are nearly two-hundred pilot whales stranded on a sandbank inside Macquarie Harbour, a bay on the west coast of the Australian island. Rescuers are trying to free them as we hear from Dr Vanessa Pirotta, wildlife scientist and science communicator.

(Picture:Stranded whales at Macquarie Harbour,Tasmania, Australia, September 22, 2020. Credit: Reuters)

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