Nearly 100 whales die in mass stranding in New Zealand

[Bayard]

10. Maybe not so natural

There are a number of ideas for why whales and dolphins beach, including human-generated noise like military sonar and interference with how they navigate.

I can't imagine how that many large decomposing bodies would smell like, but I would bet any residents would be unhappy.

A number of cultures have eaten whale for centuries....Native Americans in the Pacific NW and Alaska. Even Japan, although I am horrified by the commercial hunting and killing of them. I'm just saying, its a shame that so much food is going to waste with people starving world-wide--including the U.S. But it would have needed to be harvested and iced right away, which may not be possible.