strandings
Whales on beaches
Strandings is the plural of stranding—instances of becoming stranded.
The word appears most often in contexts of marine animals that wash ashore and cannot return to the water: Mass strandings of pilot whales occur periodically along this coastline.
It also covers ships run aground or travelers left without transportation: Flight cancellations caused strandings across the region.
Massive marine mammals
- dolphinsSmart aquatic mammals
- porpoisesSmall toothed oceanic mammals
- beachingLanding on shore
- podSeed case or cetacean group
rescue · necropsy · blowhole · fluke · refloating · marine mammals · pinnipeds · seals
Unpaid willing workers
- refloatingRestoring buoyancy to sunken
- tarpsWaterproof fabric covers
- bucketsOpen-top carrying vessels
- hydrationBodily fluid replenishment
crowd control · coastguard · marine biologists · stretchers · pontoons · rehabilitation · release · monitoring
Animal postmortem examination
- samplesSmall test portions
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- blubberMarine mammal fat
- cause of deathWhy someone died
disease · toxicology · data collection · tagging · documentation · researchers · scientists · specimens
Underwater detection by echoes
- naval exercisesMaritime military training operations
- illnessState of poor health
- parasitesOrganisms feeding off hosts
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
algal bloom · red tide · disorientation · following · storm · injury · pollution · climate change
whales
Massive marine mammals
pod · rescue · necropsy · blowhole · fluke · refloating · marine mammals · pinnipeds · seals · sea lions
volunteers
Unpaid willing workers
- refloatingRestoring buoyancy to sunken
- tarpsWaterproof fabric covers
- bucketsOpen-top carrying vessels
hydration · crowd control · coastguard · marine biologists · stretchers · pontoons · rehabilitation · release · monitoring · coordination
necropsy
Animal postmortem examination
cause of death · disease · toxicology · data collection · tagging · documentation · researchers · scientists · specimens · database
sonar
Underwater detection by echoes
- naval exercisesMaritime military training operations
- illnessState of poor health
- parasitesOrganisms feeding off hosts
toxins · algal bloom · red tide · disorientation · following · storm · injury · pollution · climate change · starvation
beach
Sandy waterside margin
rocks · shallows · bay · inlet · cove · remote · inaccessible · terrain · surf · sandbars
- wildlife mortalitymortality rate, die-off, mass die-off, natural death, natural causes
strandingsarrivals
Those who come
launchings · departures · sailings · dockings · moorings
strandingsrescues
Frees from danger
releases · liberations · rehabilitations · recoveries · freedoms
strandingsrescues
Frees from danger
salvages · recoveries · evacuations · liberations · retrievals
- whale strandingCetaceans marooned on land
- mass strandingsMultiple animals ashore dying