新西兰：数十头领航鲸在北岛南端搁浅 保护部称至少20头、救援人员已助两头重返大海
新西兰保护部11月5日表示，数十头领航鲸被发现搁浅在北岛南端帕利瑟角附近的 Ngawi 海岸，救援人员正努力让少数幸存者重返大海。保护部说，至少20头领航鲸搁浅在帕利瑟角一带；当地居民对新西兰国家广播电台说，一夜之间搁浅的鲸可能多达50头。
保护部表示，正与当地毛利部落（iwi）以及专责救援搁浅鲸的团体 Project Jonah 合作展开救援，迄今已有两头鲸成功重返大海。Project Jonah 周四在社交媒体上说，有四头鲸仍然存活，救援人员将在涨潮时尝试让它们重新下水。
鲸搁浅在新西兰与邻近的澳大利亚相当常见，两国周边深海生活着大量领航鲸。鲸搁浅的原因目前尚不清楚。
（来源：新西兰保护部）
New Zealand: Dozens of Pilot Whales Stranded on North Island Coast as Rescuers Refloat Survivors
Dozens of pilot whales have been found stranded on a beach in New Zealand's North Island and rescuers are trying to refloat a handful of the survivors, the country's Department of Conservation said on November 5. At least 20 pilot whales were stranded along the Ngawi coast near Cape Palliser, the southernmost point of the North Island, the department said, while locals told Radio New Zealand that up to 50 whales may have stranded on the coastline overnight.
The department said it was working with local iwi, a Maori tribe, and Project Jonah, a group that specialises in rescuing stranded whales, and that two whales have been successfully refloated so far. Project Jonah said in a post on Thursday that four whales were alive and rescuers would try to refloat them during high tide.
Whale strandings are fairly common in New Zealand and neighbouring Australia owing to large populations of pilot whales living in the deep oceans surrounding both island nations. The cause of whale stranding is unknown.
来源：新西兰保护部
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图片来源：照片：海面上的领航鲸（资料图），Ivane Pairaud 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 4.0 授权 / Photo: Pilot whales at sea (file photo), by Ivane Pairaud, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
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