Mass stranding in Taiwan

2024, October 8. Taiwan, Taichung’s Daan Beach. A pod of four pygmy killer whales.

Image: Ocean Conservation Administration

Other Events: 2024, October 5. Southern Ocean / South Pacific, 1800km west of South America, Chile, Reserva Nacional Alacalufes. Airburst. Coordinates: (-55.9, -102). Time: 12:27. e = 2.7, -e = 0.095 or 95,000 kg/TNT. Altitude: 39.5km. Velocity: 13.1 km/s.

2024, October 8. Spain, shores of Galicia, specifically on Pampaido beach in Sanxenxo. Dead 15-metre whale (Fin?) and dolphins wash up on shores of Spain during brutal Storm Kirk. The animal was in a state of decomposition. Meanwhile, in Fisterra, A Coruña, two dead dolphins were found washed up on a beach on Wednesday morning.