Whales Strand – level 1

29-09-2020 07:00

500 hundred pilot whales strand in Tasmania, Australia. The whales end up in shallow water. They cannot get back in the sea. This is a usual thing in Tasmania.

400 whales die. Rescuers save 50 whales. Rescuers try to save more of them. However, rescuers do not have a lot of time. The whales cannot stay out of water for long.

Pilot whales are social animals. This means they live in groups. They like to stay together. Scientists do not know why whales strand in Tasmania.

It is possible that whales choose the wrong way. The other animals follow them. However, there are other opinions, too. Some scientists believe that ships confuse the animals.

Difficult words: strand (when a boat or sea animal ends up in a place with not enough water), shallow (a sea or river with little water), confuse (to make somebody unable to understand something).

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