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More Than 50 Whales Die After Getting Beached in Scotland

TRAGIC

When responders arrived at the surreal scene, they discovered that only 15 of the 55 whales were still alive.

A pod of beached whales in Scotland
P Angus MacNeil via Twitter

Marine rescuers had their hands full Sunday morning when a pod of 55 pilot whales washed ashore a Scottish beach. When responders arrived at the surreal scene in North Tolsta on the Isle of Lewis, they discovered that only 15 of the whales were still alive.

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