500 stranded melon-headed whales rescued in Philippine bay
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Philippine fishermen, volunteers and authorities with dozens of fishing boats have joined hands in guiding back to sea about 500 disorientated melon-headed whales that were stranded in the shallow waters near the mouth of Manila Bay delta in the Bataan Peninsula.
The gentle mammals were first spotted swimming back and forth and straying very dangerously close (about a...