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Why do some whales strand? Like divers, they can get 'the bends' Jun 22nd 2013, 01:49 Fourteen beaked whales — identified by their peculiar snouts — washed ashore together on a beach in the Canary Islands on Sept. 24, 2002. When biologists performed an autopsy of eight of the whales, they found deep tissue damage in the animals caused by pockets of gas. Scuba divers who go deeper than 60 feet stay are wary to avoid "the bends," painful nitrogen bubbles that form in the bloodstream ... Media files: 6C7981071-nidhisubs6D2CF09F-4674-2954-146A-A83784E29BC0.standard.jpg

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