Rescuers work to keep alive some of the long-finned pilot whales that were being battered by rough seas after they were beached in Hamelin Bay, western Australia. About 80 whales and dolphins were stranded on the remote southwest Australian beach. It is the latest mass beaching of whales in Australia. (Steve Mitchell / Associated Press)
Rescuers assist a beached long-finned pilot whale at Hamelin Bay in Australia. (Tony Ashby / AFP/Getty Images)
One of the long-finned pilot whales beached in southwest Australia. (Steve Mitchell / Associated Press)
A whale is lifted off the beach as a volunteer tries to keep the mammal hydrated. (Tony Ashby / AFP/Getty Images)
About 80 whales and dolphins beached themselves in southwest Australia. It is the latest mass beaching of whales in Australia, but it is unusual for whales and dolphins to become beached together. None of the dolphins survived. (Tony Ashby / AFP/Getty Images)
A dead long-finned pilot whale is carried away after it was stranded on a beach in Hamelin Bay, western Australia. (Steve Mitchell / Associated Press)
Rescuers wrap beached whales and toss buckets of water on them as part of a rescue effort. (Tony Ashby / AFP/Getty Images)
Keeping the whales alive until they can be returned to the ocean requires immense effort. Of the 80 whales and dolphins that beached themselves on Australia’s west coast, authorities found 25 whales alive. Many of those, however, have since died. (Tony Ashby / AFP/Getty Images)
Rescuers assist beached long-finned pilot whales at Hamelin Bay in western Australia. (Tony Ashby / AFP/Getty Images)
