On the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island, there is a long bar of sand(call) Farewell Spit. The area is famous, but for a(desire) reason. It's a hotspot of whale stranding(搁浅).Whales strand(they) on beaches. Are these coastlines the whales' graveyards?
In February, 2015, 200 pilot whales became stuck on the shore. It was the biggest stranding in the area in over a decade, according to local conversation team.(rescue) spent hours trying to refloat them, but 100 died. Without the support of water, the weight of their bodies(break) their muscles.
The(remain) whales were watered and kept as comfortable as possible by volunteers equipped with buckets and spades. Sixty were eventually refloated, but soon stranded again. Members of the Public helped to refloat themsecond time and now the whales(believe) to be back at sea.
Beaches like Farewell Spit are perhaps the most placeswhales can die. To all purposes, it seems as if the whales have killed themselves by swimming too closethe shore. So are beaches places in which whales go to die—or are there other graveyards that we don't know about? It's a mystery that has been around since ancient times.
