More than 150 false orcs have been washed on the coast of the state of the Australian island of Tasmania, and any of them is expected to survive, authorities said Wednesday.
The 157 whales were found on Tuesday afternoon on a remote beach near the Arthur River on the northwest coast of Tasmania. For Wednesday afternoon, only 90 seemed to be alive, said Associated Press, citing the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.
The authorities said that rescue efforts had been hindered by bad conditions and that a similar climate was expected for at least the next two days.
“We have come out in the water this morning and we have moved and tried to refloat two whales, but they were not successful since the ocean conditions did not allow animals to overcome rest,” said Incident controller Shelley Graham in a statement statement. “Animals are continuously restricting.”
The remaining live whales are expected to be sacrificed.
“The longer these animals are stranded, the longer they will be suffering,” said the marine biologist and incident controller attached Kris Carlyon in the statement. “All alternative options have not been successful, the euthanizer is always a last resort.”
Animals resemble the orcs, but in reality they are great members of the Dolphin family. False murderous whales can weigh up to 3,000 pounds and generally live in deep waters on the high seas in tropical and subtropical oceans, according to the Oceanic and Atmospheric National Administration.
The reason for the beach on Tuesday is not clear. They were the first false murderous whales since 1974 in being stranded in Tasmania, where the beaches generally involve pilot whales.
In 2022, around 200 of 230 pilot whales died after being stranded on the west coast of Tasmania in Macquarie Harbor.
Macquarie Harbor was also the site of the worst mass appearance in the history of Australia in 2020, at least 100 pilot whales they survived 470 that were trapped in the sand bars.
The beaches can occur due to a variety of reasons that include navigation errors, diseases, old age, injuries, bad weather and hunt too close to the coast.
