Pilot Whale Bones on Mosquera Beach 20200224 083140

Pilot Whale Bones on Mosquera Beach

In Images by Matt Shetzer

Pilot Whale Bones on Mosquera Beach

The bleached bones of a pilot whale make for a haunting photograph on the white beaches of Mosquera Island, Galápagos, Ecuador.

Beaching events happen to many whale species, but pilot whales are some of the most common beachers of all. In 1985, a science team in New Zealand managed to save a pod of pilot whales from beaching by using the whale’s social cues to guide them back out to sea.

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Pilot Whale Bones on Mosquera Beach was last modified: June 1st, 2020 by Matt Shetzer