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pilot whale

Marine mammal of the dolphin family, genus Globiocephala. It grows to about 8.5 m/28 ft and is black with a white streak on its belly and a broad, flat head. The pilot whale is more frequently stranded than any other species, and is found in almost every sea.

The pilot whale is also known as the caa'ing or calling whale (in the Orkneys); the pothead, blackfish, or bagfin (English); calderon (Spanish); chandron, deducteur, or conducteur (French); grindy (Russian); and gondo kujira (Japanese). The name pilot derives from its habit of swimming line astern with one individual in the lead, or the belief that it guided fishermen to shoals of herring.
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Conservationists and the public had remained at Sandy Bay near Castlegregory for much of Thursday where 10 pilot whales circled the shallow waters of the near shoreline.
Whales fail to turn up on beach; STRANDING? by The Mirror (London, England)
A group of 11 long-finned pilot whales were lifted onto trucks by cranes fitted with giant slings and driven to a safe harbour for release after they beached at Hamelin Bay, south of Perth city, on Monday.
Baby whale dies after Australian mass beaching by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Rescuers used trucks and cranes fitted with giant slings to move 11 long-finned pilot whales by road to sheltered waters for release, after they beached with about 80 others on Monday at Hamelin Bay, south of Perth city.
Six rescued whales beach again in Australia by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
 
 
 
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