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Hundreds of volunteers, along with marine mammal specialists from the Department of Conservation, Project Jonah, Orca Research Trust, Far North Whale Rescue and local iwi Ngati Kuri, hurried to Spirits Bay to attempt a daring rescue. The first step was to manoeuvre the surviving whales (weighing between one and two tonnes) onto tarpaulins so they could be shifted by earthmover to a tidal inlet where they could rest for the night.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 142 November – December 2016
Photograph Richard Robinson ©2010.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-puzzle-of-pilot-whales/
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THE PUZZLE OF PILOT WHALES
Hundreds of volunteers, along with marine mammal specialists from the Department of Conservation, Project Jonah, Orca Research Trust, Far North Whale Rescue and local iwi Ngati Kuri, hurried to Spirits Bay to attempt a daring rescue. The first step was to manoeuvre the surviving whales (weighing between one and two tonnes) onto tarpaulins so they could be shifted by earthmover to a tidal inlet where they could rest for the night.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue: 142 November – December 2016<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson ©2010.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-puzzle-of-pilot-whales/