6K views · 54 reactions | On this day in 1970, ODOT was tasked with removing a massive beached whale near Florence. They decided that blowing it up was the way to go. We don't have our own archive footage of this, so we made this quick animated recreation. | The Oregonian | Facebook

1.2M views · 8K reactions | Why do whales beach themselves? Scientist say the stranding of 97 pilot whales near Albany may give an insight  MORE: ab.co/3OugjEQ | ABC Great Southern | Facebook

19K views · 121 reactions | Scientists still don't know why some pods of pilot whales come to shore and beach themselves. But there's hope last week's mass stranding in Western Australia could help solve the mystery. 7.30 – Stream now on ABC iview: https://ab.co/StreamABCiview | 7.30 | Facebook