Sentence examples for strand themselves from inspiring English sources

We simply don't know why some apparently healthy whales and dolphins strand themselves.

When they're too ill or too injured to survive, whales sometimes seem to strand themselves intentionally on our shores.

Most marine mammals that strand themselves are social species, moving in groups to forage for food and to avoid predators.

"We seen half as many animals strand themselves this month as we usually do in an entire year".

Guardian: Mobile phone use passes milestone as UN report reveals global growth WHALES' BEACHING PREDILECTION Why do whales and dolphins decide en masse to strand themselves on beaches?

What is known is that the beaked whale and the dolphin species that strand themselves most often when sonar is used nearby tend to have enormous levels of nitrogen in their tissues.

The strands themselves were complex crystalline shapes, making the installation as architectural as it was philosophical.

In 2000, for example, whales of several species stranded themselves on the beaches of the Bahamas during United States naval exercises.

Many stranded cetaceans are found already dead, and it is not known if they were alive and conscious when they stranded themselves.

The theory is that the mammals seek to escape the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up stranding themselves.

On Pea Island, N.C., three sheriff's deputies trying to rescue three people stranded on the roof of their stalled Chevy Blazer were stranded themselves by rising water, the Coast Guard said.