Sperm whales beached in South Australia

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A pod of sperm whales were found dead after becoming stranded in shallow water on a South Australia beach, local media reported on Monday (December 8).

According to reports, the whales were seen swimming in the area but six of them were discovered dead on Monday morning.

A seventh whale was later seen several kilometres from the rest of the pod, local TV reported.

"You love to come and watch them swimming but when you see them like this, it's terrible," said one woman visiting the beach.

"First time I've ever seen anything like this in the twenty years that I've been here," added another beach-goer.

The authorities are planning to conduct post-mortem examinations of the carcasses to find out what killed the whales, reports said.

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