Beached Dolphins NJ Shore - Page 3

Isobel Archer · ‎04-04-2015

Well we already know windmills kill eagles and other birds and we apparently don't care so even if it's determined that the whales/dolphins suffered due to wind power expansion, I doubt anything will change.

IMW · ‎06-15-2014

Thank you, yes I am aware of that possibility.

Trailrun23 · ‎05-31-2022

This is such a sad thing to see. I just love sea life and it is so important. To see these innocent creatures die and wash upon the beaches is appalling. I hope those involved in the research or whatever that is causing these deaths will stop the wind mills and save our ocean life.

Isobel Archer · ‎04-04-2015

@Trailrun23 wrote:
This is such a sad thing to see. I just love sea life and it is so important. To see these innocent creatures die and wash upon the beaches is appalling. I hope those involved in the research or whatever that is causing these deaths will stop the wind mills and save our ocean life.

Well if the folks researching how to make viruses more potent and easier to transmit who think as Fauci said - while the possibility of a pandemic would be rare, what we would learn from it would be "worth it" - have no accountability, then I seriously doubt that if it's determined that the wind power folks are killing the sea life in addition to the birds that they will have any accountability either.

Follow the money.

sugar plum · ‎07-06-2016

From the WDC website:

Navigational Errors

Whales and dolphins are more likely to strand on some types of shore and coastline than others. Shallow, sloping shores made of soft sediment can confuse the “echolocation” used by whales and dolphins to find their way around.

A combination of factors may cause whales and dolphins to strand and one theory relates to them navigating using the earth’s magnetic field. Crystals of magnetite - which react to a weak magnetic field - have been detected in the brains and skulls of some whales and dolphins and a magnetic “sense” could be an important navigational aid, especially in the deep oceans.

Whether caused by human activity or as a result of something natural, strandings are tragic, but they, can tell us a lot, about the biology of the animals, the state of the population it came from and the marine environment.

sugar plum · ‎07-06-2016

From Treehugger.com

Other possible causes put forth for the disruption of whale and dolphin navigation include:

military sonar

weather conditions

diseases (such as viruses, brain lesions, parasites in the ears or sinuses)

underwater seismic activity (sometimes called seaquakes)

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

delaware has begun its beach replenishment program for this year. it has already started in LEWES. could THAT possibly be a cause in some way?

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songbird · ‎03-21-2010

I never thought of our oceans as filthy as they really are until I saw a door. A door floating in the middle of the Indian ocean during that hunt for that Malaysian airliner that went down. How a door got there, I will never know. But it was a shock. And it made me think of all marine life below. It's really terrible. And there isn't anything that will fix it.

MoonieBaby · ‎07-19-2013

echolocation interference. These mammals depend on it to guide themselves. Without it due to the turbines disruption, they swim deaf, cannot locate their way. It's deadly to them.

Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

@sunshine45 wrote:
delaware has begun its beach replenishment program for this year. it has already started in LEWES. could THAT possibly be a cause in some way?

@sunshine45

You have a point there.

I live a few beach towns above Sea Isle City now.

We just did our beach replenishment (almost completed) this winter. Our high tide is now where the low tide used to be.

But, Mother Nature herself can change the shoreline in one winter storm in just a few days time, I've seen that happen in DE, NC and NJ.

I read where Atlantic City had at least 3 beached whales, (dead) I'm not sure if they did the beach replenishment.

Makes me sad.

I walked the beach today for about 3 miles. I look for sea glass. I find plenty of it. If you think about it, it's trash.

But other than about the 30 peices I collected, I only saw a yellow balloon, a baggie, and a burlap bag.

Summer will be different, water bottles, sunglasses, and cheap plastic kiddie toys will be littering the beaches by dinner time. For the tide to take out.