More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 31 died on the shore, a whale researcher said.
Researcher Ian Wiese joined hundreds of volunteers who helped rescue the whales at Toby’s Inlet near the tourist town of Dunsborough.
"There were well over 200 along the beach here and just nearby and there’s 31, I think, deceased but the rest got away, which is an amazing story," Wiese told Australian Broadcasting Corp.