Up to 160 whales became stranded on two beaches on Australia's southwest coast on Thursday after two pods beached themselves, Reuters reported. The false killer whales, most between four and five meters (13 to 16 feet) long, beached themselves near the coastal town of Busselton, 200km (125 miles) south of the western city of Perth. "They are very large animals and are hard to move," said veterinarian Phil Rapton, as hundreds of rescuers tried desperately to push the whales back into the ocean. "We are just waiting for heavy machinery to arrive to try and move them," Rapton told local media.
