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Biologists Have A Cosmic Explanation For Last Year’s Mysterious Sperm Whale Strandings
Last year brought what seemed like a disturbing omen to communities surrounding Europe’s North Sea: A whole lot of beached sperm whales. As Gizmodo reported at the time, the whales entered the sea’s shallow waters, where their internal sonar-like systems stopped working, causing them to become stranded and die. But scientists didn’t know why the…