Sometimes Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Cannot Find Their Way Back to the High Seas: A Multidisciplinary Study on a Mass Stranding
Figure 7
Possible causes and mechanism of stranding.
The scheme shows the hypothetical sequence of events that lead the sperm whale pod to strand along the Gargano coastline, with the possible co-factors that could have played a role in determining the event.