Echolocation and Navigational Distortion Hypothesis of the Short Finned Pilot Whale Beaching in Southern Coast of Tamil Nadu

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Authors

Arun Shanker, A.V.M.Subba Rao

Abstract

Cetacean strandings have been a common occurrence in the past and has been recorded in various places. There have been attempts to explain the phenomenon of mass beaching with various theories. Here in this article we propose a hypothesis on the recent mass stranding of Short-finned pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus in the southern coast of Tamil Nadu, India. We propose that navigation disturbance and signal distortion due to ocean topography could be a possible reason for this mass stranding.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/9u5vs

Subjects

Life Sciences, Marine Biology

Keywords

Cetacean strandings, Echolocation, Echonavigation, Navigation Distortion, Short Finned Pilot Whale

Dates

Published: 2020-08-11 15:09

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CC-By Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International