More than two hundred whales were found stranded on a remote seashore on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.

1/2 of the pod, idea to be pilot whales, are believed to be nonetheless alive. Rescuers are being sent to the area.

It is unclear what prompted the whales to seashore on a sandflat at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour, the same remote vicinity where Australia's worst stranding befell two years ago.

It comes a day after a separate mass stranding in northern Tasmania.

The incident on Tuesday saw 14 young sperm whales observed lifeless on King Island, within the Bass Strait.

Professionals had been planning a rescue of the 230 whales observed on Wednesday but the operation would be "complex" due to the place, Tasmania's department of natural resources and environment stated in a statement.

"It seems about half of of the animals are alive."

Macquarie Harbour is a huge, shallow inlet in a rural vicinity. Greater of the whales are expected to die in a single day.

Locals had been covering the stranded whales with blankets and pouring buckets of water over them to attempt to keep them alive.

The kingdom's surroundings department said marine conservation professionals had been visiting to the scene and might try to refloat those whales nevertheless healthful enough to live to tell the tale.

Pilot whales are fairly social mammals and are widely recognized for stranding in agencies due to the fact they tour in massive, close-knit groups which rely on consistent communication.

In September 2020, a big rescue operation became released when almost 500 pilot whales became stranded within the same harbour.

More than 380 of the pilot whales died, but about 100 survived thanks to rescuers.

Natural world scientist Vanessa Pirotta told the BBC the similarities between the stranding and the ultimate one - equal species, identical place, equal time of 12 months - are "unusual" and concerning.

The whales may additionally have "misnavigated", accompanied a sick or disoriented chief, or been startled into shallower waters, she said.

Why are so many whales washing

Weather alternate should have an impact too - modifications within the surroundings, water temperature, or prey habitats should throw the whales off.

But the reasons in the back of whale strandings remain a "thriller", she says, as does why Tasmania sees so lots of them.

There is lots of marine lifestyles inside the region - greater animals ought to mean greater incidents - and there also are a whole lot of currents intersecting with the land.

However the "large island" itself ought to just be a navigational risk for animals that use echolocation, she says.

"you're going from essentially open waters and then there may be land all of a unexpected."