领航鲸

澳大利亚野生动物官员开始处理数百只领航鲸的尸体。

Australian wildlife officials have begun disposing of hundreds of dead pilot whales .

在弗罗里达州海岸，一群专家学者为5只搁浅的领航鲸不断浇水保湿。

A team of experts just hydrating 5 stranded pilot whales in the shore of Florida .

专家推测，领航鲸的社交天性可能是导致其大规模搁浅的原因之一。

Experts speculate the social nature of pilot whales may have played a part in the mass stranding .

有关官员表示，这些动物被认为是短鳍领航鲸，是一种著名的“集体”搁浅物种。

Officials said the animals were thought to be short-finned pilot whales , a species known to strand " en masse . "

自从至少十九世纪起，长鳍领航鲸应经成为法罗人的日常主食，平均每年有850头鲸鱼被吃掉。

Long-finned pilot whales have been a staple of the Faroese diet since at least the ninth century , with an average of850 whales taken annually .