2022 Signs And Wonders! Almost 250 pilot whales were stranded on Tasmania’s west coast: Incredibly in the same spot, 500 pilot whales have also been stranded two years ago to the very day! What is the reason and what are the odds?

An aerial view of the whales stranded on Tasmania's west coast, credit Department Of Natural Resources And Environment.

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 southeastern coast. The pod, which is stranded on Ocean Beach, 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.

Incredibly, a similar event happened in the same spot two years ago to the day. I quoted then, on TBW that the whale stranding on the Tasmanian coast was the largest recorded in the state's history, authorities claimed almost 500 pilot whales stranded. I said at the time; "in my 12 years of reporting mass whale strandings I had never reported a total anywhere near this number, it is an absolute astonishing stranding!" Now two years later to the day almost 250 pilot whales are stranded at exactly the same spot, why? 

The department said a team from the Marine Conservation Program was assembling whale rescue gear and heading to the area. A resident told the Australian Broadcasting Corp., that the whales were visible near the entrance to Macquarie Harbour and described the stranding as a “massive event.” David Midson, general manager of the West Coast Council, urged people to stay clear. “Whales are a protected species, even once deceased, and it is an offence to interfere with a carcass,” the environment department said.

Griffith University marine scientist Olaf Meynecke said it’s unusual for sperm whales to wash ashore. He [noted] that warmer temperatures could also be changing the ocean currents and moving the whale’s traditional food sources. “They will be going to different areas and searching for different food sources,” Meynecke said. “When they do this, they are not in the best physical condition because they might be starving so this can lead them to take more risks and maybe go closer to shore.”

Fourteen sperm whales were discovered Monday afternoon on King Island, part of the state of Tasmania in the Bass Strait between Melbourne and Tasmania’s northern coast. The department said it is not unusual for sperm whales to be sighted in Tasmania. The pilot whale is notorious for stranding in mass numbers, for reasons that are not entirely understood. Two years ago, about 470 long-finned pilot whales were found beached on sandbars off Tasmania’s west coast in the largest mass stranding on record in Australia. After a weeklong effort, 111 of those whales were rescued but the rest died.

What is causing the whales to beach themselves?

It is a theory The Big Wobble has been banding around for many years now, Solar storms may trigger whale strandings as well as dolphins, birds and bees and other animals who rely upon our magnetic field to navigate. A new study by the International Journal of Astrobiology appears to agree with The Big Wobble, releasing a report claiming; "Solar storms may trigger sperm whale strandings: explanation approaches for multiple strandings in the North Sea in 2016." The report by the International Journal of Astrobiology claims large solar storms, may have played a role in the strandings of 29 sperm whales in the North Sea early in 2016. The study says these geomagnetic disruptions may have confused the whales' ability to navigate, diverting them into the shallow waters. Trapped and lost, the whales died on European beaches, attempting to escape.

The International Journal of Astrobiology claims large solar storms, may have played a role. Every year an untold number of whales and dolphins wash up on beaches around the world and die, baffling experts. Birds and even bees are also known to show up dead hundreds of miles away from where they should be. 

Domestic animals and people are also known to be affected by solar storms. The Big Wobble has received reports from Alaska from friends who suffer from migraines and other side effects, such as seizures, when Solar storms hit the earth's magnetosphere. They have also noted that dogs are having seizures at the same time as people are. Jenna White and Bill Laughing-Bear have written a report for The Clarion Peninsula: Voices of the Peninsula: A connection between planetary alignment, solar activity, and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) explaining space weather caused people with TBI to suffer "Bad Brain Days," some ending up with seizures and others taken to the hospital.

Surely with all the technology and data available to the experts, it is time to delve deeper into space weather and the effects it has on Earth, it has long been thought by some experts that not only do Coronal holes and CMEs affect our species here on Earth but they also influence major quakes and volcanic activity.

Voices of the Peninsula: A connection between planetary alignment, solar activity and TBI

Solar storms may trigger sperm whale strandings: explanation approaches for multiple strandings in the North Sea in 2016

Another large dolphin pod beached itself last week while a massive coronal hole on the Sun faced the Earth

Big Wobble Exclusive: Coronal holes and magnetic storms responsible for mass whale and dolphin strandings? Animals subjected to a magnetic field

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