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Why do whales beach themselves?

physorg.com — Several multiple-species strandings have occurred following military use of mid-frequency sonar, sparking public outcry. "One reason for the level of concern about these incidents is that they involved the rarely seen beaked whales," explained Parks. "These whales were found beached 5, sometimes 10 at a time.

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  • lucidguru, on 04/26/2008, -7/+52It was actually whale cults committing suicide. They drank the kool-aid.
  • TimberWolfGirl, on 04/26/2008, -1/+10They still can't answer this question with a straight answer.
    • Syphon8, on 04/26/2008, -6/+3Their base most desire is to be able to breathe. The beach themselves when they can't surface regularly for air.
    • Ataxia2008, on 04/26/2008, -10/+1Quite a few Whale facts here:
      http://icanhaz.com/whales
      • AntzNZ, on 04/26/2008, -0/+6wtf was that?
      • passedoutghost, on 04/27/2008, -2/+3Oh god the ears! My noise canceling headphones - they do nothing! It's like a ***** up rickroll.
      • Ataxia2008, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Who knew whales could make such interesting noises huh?
      • trentonadams, on 04/27/2008, -0/+0I know what I'm sending my coworkers tomorrow morning ;)
  • highlyhigh, on 04/26/2008, -5/+14well, everybody wants to go to the beach
  • Owwmykneecap, on 04/26/2008, -11/+6Because everyone likes the beach.

    Its where the hot people hang out.
  • mark076h, on 04/26/2008, -9/+24let me guess Global warming? it must be because that is the cause of everything right?
    • yogurtslinger, on 04/26/2008, -3/+29It's either global warming or Al Qaeda, i'm guessing Al Qaeda.
    • nbyn, on 04/26/2008, -2/+10I blame Bush, Fox News, and the Clinton campaign.
      • ace429k, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2you could say anything about them thats bad and you'd be dugg up. good stuff!

    • FatLoser, on 04/26/2008, -2/+5Global Warming is the new el Nino
    • bhavinp, on 04/27/2008, -2/+5The whales are just doing their part in trying to lower the water level, thus rendering global warming a thing of the past. There is nothing to worry about anymore. It is very noble of them, we must pay our respect to these creatures.
      I wonder if its possible to sell whale meat, a person can make a fortune.
      • solidhayter, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2Japan does pretty well with it, though I think they did better back before all the whaling bans.
    • XIStEw13IX, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2does global warming and el nino actually exist, seriously it just sounds like we are getting fed ***** so that all natures little problems can be blamed on something.
      • iNunchuk, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2El Nino is very real. Just ask someone who lives in Indonesia.
  • FishHammer, on 04/26/2008, -6/+33"oh hey look those college kids are drinking beer on the beach lets go hang out with them!"

    "*****"
    • dynelol, on 04/27/2008, -0/+11If i were drunk or high on the beach and a whale wanted to hang out, I'd be cool with it.
  • plunderphonics, on 04/26/2008, -5/+9In an entirely unrelated story, several Whales were seen off the shores of Japan huffing a detergent based gas in an attempt to commit suicide.
    • Rikkochet, on 04/26/2008, -7/+1+1 for timeliness, -1 for topicality. A further -1 for being weird.
      • jman583, on 04/26/2008, -1/+4You mean: +1 for being weird.
      • passedoutghost, on 04/27/2008, -1/+0+1 for originality, -1 for everything else.
  • ThatGeek, on 04/26/2008, -1/+14I really worry about those beaked whales. They are cute
  • robthom, on 04/26/2008, -8/+2To get a tan. Hang out with the bro's and check out hot babes.
    (sorry, had to do it)
  • Fozefy, on 04/26/2008, -6/+2Its Global Warming! OBV! THE END IS NEAR!

    I don't even have to read the article to know thats the reason!

    [/sarcasm for the ill informed]
  • jkleinfeld, on 04/26/2008, -8/+2Sorry guys, I just thought I'd say that I'm really drunk, and I'm just doing a drunk digg comment
    PEACE!
  • Psythik, on 04/26/2008, -4/+5For a minute there, I thought this article was about why fat people go to the beach in skimpy swimwear...
    • BOFH2, on 04/27/2008, -1/+4That is because you think that you are making an informed decision based on 1 sentence.
  • Ocelot13, on 04/26/2008, -2/+10well ask yourself, would you really want to be in the water when jaws is out swimming around?

    exactly.
  • killbert24, on 04/26/2008, -4/+3The great whale evolved from hoofed animals so maybe there is still an instinct hidden deep within the genetic code which calls to them, "Head for land! Head for land!"
  • ModernTenshi, on 04/26/2008, -1/+22We all know whales who beach themselves are just attention whore's who want to get on the news.
  • pixelbender, on 04/26/2008, -4/+3Because the women whales are in the ocean.
  • sewerraccoon, on 04/26/2008, -4/+1because it's just so fun!
  • gronkers, on 04/26/2008, -1/+6cause the navi said swim left now!
  • mrzack, on 04/26/2008, -5/+2Man, It's All ***** George W. Beast's fault.
  • JargonScott, on 04/26/2008, -0/+37Makes you wonder if aquatic life thinks the same thing when they find people dead in the water. "Why do they do this? They're all super intelligent and have thumbs and stuff."
  • Bladwor, on 04/26/2008, -1/+4Boredom.
  • FatLoser, on 04/26/2008, -3/+18Why are scientists so interested in Rosie O'Donnell's sunbathing habits?
  • 0Xonox0, on 04/26/2008, -1/+7They're protesting to free Tibet.
  • BabyBoomerQueen, on 04/26/2008, -8/+2That is correct...I not too long ago wrote an article about it on my blog.

    The navy is using sonar off the coast of California and whales are dying because of it...activists asked them to move further out with their tests...I am sure that you know what that answer was!

    You should see some of the graphic pics I have about a whole town beating whales to death. Everyone covered with blood...the whole town turning out to see and participate. I would not live in that town if they gave me a house, free food, a car and a maid!

    Save the whales...
    ~The Baby Boomer Queen~
    Sharon
    • BOFH2, on 04/27/2008, -0/+5ooookay. Navy, town beating whales to death; the correlation is the navy did sonar test, whales beached, nearby town town killed whales? is that what you were trying to get across?
    • solidhayter, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1Despite the article which identified many other possible causes of beached whales and the need for ongoing research to come to a definite conclusion? Or was the OP's decision to pull a misleading quote substantive enough for you?
    • captric, on 04/27/2008, -1/+2There is no evidence at all that sonar causes whales yo beach themselves - t could just as easily- and most likely be - a viral infection! Why did whales beach themselves before sonar was ever invented?????
  • dynelol, on 04/27/2008, -3/+1They're copying the suicidal Japanese people.
  • Awspire, on 04/27/2008, -2/+5I blame Paris Hilton and her erotic whale calls.

    http://i28.tinypic.com/2j638k6.jpg
  • AEdgett77, on 04/27/2008, -2/+6emo whale
    hatez life
  • mrb1gglesworth, on 04/27/2008, -2/+1Why do whales beach themselves?
    To get to the other side.
  • R0ck3t33r, on 04/27/2008, -4/+4They're trying to evolve. Duh. Isn't that how it works? A water-dwelling creature throws itself stubbornly at the shore until it grows legs? That's what I was taught in school, anyway...
    • killbert24, on 04/27/2008, -0/+8Except evolutionists claim some whales evolved from land animals. After all, they are mammals with tail bones. Still, they could realize the water sucks and want to re-evolve.
      • captric, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2And they have hip bones that have no use to a whale.
    • RobotLeAwesome, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1sire, you are the king of win.
    • dynelol, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Remember when "nature" decided that giraffes should have longer necks so they can reach high food before they starve and then they GOT them? That was awesome!
  • Aseinai, on 04/27/2008, -2/+1Why do humans do what they do ?
  • Hoogs, on 04/27/2008, -1/+2Maybe they just get sick of swimming and want a rest.
  • artgreen, on 04/27/2008, -2/+3 after extensive search, the scientists found out a secret place in the middle of the ocean and these statements were written inside it:
    1- Go to the beach
    2- ?????
    3- Profit !!!
  • neko, on 04/27/2008, -1/+2Everyone else was doing it. They just wanted to be popular.
  • BannedTwice, on 04/27/2008, -3/+3Cause their emo and hate libtards.
  • jaggedsphere, on 04/27/2008, -1/+0Why do humans jump in front of trains?
  • digitallysick, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Its all the radio waves we are beaming from land to land, and space. Its screwing up the natural echo location of the whales
  • Enron1985, on 04/27/2008, -1/+2For the same reason emo kids cut themselves.
  • loutang82, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1Global warming's making the water too hot
  • DestroyFascism, on 04/27/2008, -3/+1One of the whales is a president, he went to the shore to claim the oil and all the patriots followed. Once they were all attacking the coast he slipped past them and again appealed to their sense of patriotism to "stay the course". The Patriots blindly followed.
  • psychotron, on 04/27/2008, -1/+4Whales beach themselves so that PETA people have something to do on the weekends instead of caring for the their fellow humans.
  • nater, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Whales with depression make a suicide pact...
  • zantos420, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1from what i gather the whales don't beach themselves... they are either sick/dying/too close while hunting and get trapped by low tide ... in the case of a bunch of them doing it i'd go with getting trapped by low tide. i won't even entertain the idea of 'global warming' as part of this. hell, maybe the whales ate ergot and stranded themselves lol
  • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1And why are whales always in the aisle where I want to get an item off the shelf, at the stores where I shop? Who cares that they beach themselves. It just means faster in and out at the stores. I just don't like it when they beach themselves in the aisles.
  • ..eD, on 04/27/2008, -1/+4Fat chicks like to sun themselves too.

    Oh sorry, you meant marine mammals.
  • nwoantibody, on 04/27/2008, -1/+3Hum, to provide the Japanese with fresh sushi.
  • protodon, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF195-The_Pacific_Counc ...
  • RobotLeAwesome, on 04/27/2008, -0/+3emo whale has no razors
  • mrogi, on 04/27/2008, -0/+0Some whales beach themselves for the same reason some human beings prefer to lie on a couch in front of a TV all day long. Some whales are just big fat lazy mammals who dont want to work.
  • MadHarvey, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2Who else is going to drag those things onto the beach? They are heavy!
  • captric, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Someone from Digg gave them pot!
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