Focus Taiwan
2016/10/15 23:09:47
By: Amy Huang and Lilian Wu
Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA) A total of 12 whales have died over the past 16 days in Taiwan and the 
Kuo Hsiang-sha (郭祥廈) said the society has tentatively ruled that the latest death — a 800-kilogram whale in Kinmen — was due to decompression sickness, caused by a sudden change in water pressure.
Kuo noted that there have been 12 cases of whales dying after being grounded in Yilan, Hualien, New Taipei, Pingtung, Taoyuan and Kinmen between Sept. 28 and Oct. 13.
He said that whales often surge upwards because of earthquakes, explosions or due to panic caused by such events. [FULL STORY]