Rescue operation underway in Tasmania to save whales stranded on beach | USA TODAY

Some 230 whales have been stranded on Ocean Beach in Tasmania. It's the second mass stranding reported in Australia.
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About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania's west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the Australian state's northwestern coast.

The pod stranded on Ocean Beach in Macquarie Harbour appears to be pilot whales and at least half are presumed to still be alive, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania said Wednesday.

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