This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7880375.stm
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Dolphins stranded off Philippines | Dolphins stranded off Philippines |
| (about 3 hours later) | |
| At least 100 dolphins are stranded in shallow water near Manila, in the Philippines, after beaching themselves. | At least 100 dolphins are stranded in shallow water near Manila, in the Philippines, after beaching themselves. |
| Local officials say the dolphins are calm and swimming slowly, guided by local fishermen in boats. | Local officials say the dolphins are calm and swimming slowly, guided by local fishermen in boats. |
| They say their first concern is to keep the dolphins alive, and experts have been summoned to the area to help. | They say their first concern is to keep the dolphins alive, and experts have been summoned to the area to help. |
| Three are reported to have died so far. Beached dolphins are not uncommon in the Philippine archipelago but rarely occur in such large numbers. | Three are reported to have died so far. Beached dolphins are not uncommon in the Philippine archipelago but rarely occur in such large numbers. |
| Residents saw huge pods of dolphins near the towns of Pilar and Abucay on the Bataan peninsula west of Manila. | Residents saw huge pods of dolphins near the towns of Pilar and Abucay on the Bataan peninsula west of Manila. |
| Disorientated | Disorientated |
| "This is an unusual phenomenon," Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources director Malcolm Sarmiento told local radio, adding there could be more than 200 of the stranded mammals. | "This is an unusual phenomenon," Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources director Malcolm Sarmiento told local radio, adding there could be more than 200 of the stranded mammals. |
| He said they could be reacting to a "heat wave or disturbance at sea" such as a possible major underwater earthquake. | He said they could be reacting to a "heat wave or disturbance at sea" such as a possible major underwater earthquake. |
| "If their eardrums are damaged they become disorientated and they float up to the surface," he said. | "If their eardrums are damaged they become disorientated and they float up to the surface," he said. |
| He said smaller pods of dolphins numbering "in the 10s and 20s" had beached themselves elsewhere in the Philippines previously, but this was the first time so many had done so at the same time and place. | He said smaller pods of dolphins numbering "in the 10s and 20s" had beached themselves elsewhere in the Philippines previously, but this was the first time so many had done so at the same time and place. |
| The governor of Bataan province, Enrique Garcia, said he was surprised by the event. | The governor of Bataan province, Enrique Garcia, said he was surprised by the event. |