# Bad year for whale strandings?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-year-for-whale-strandings/745266>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 5, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-year-for-whale-strandings/745266 "2016-02-05T20:35:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nansbread1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-year-for-whale-strandings/745266/1 "2016-02-05T20:35:32Z")

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Countries that dont see whale strandings are experiencing a glut. India, UK, Germany, Chile.

Has the polar shift started in earnest? Has it skewed the whale navigation systems?

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-year-for-whale-strandings/745266/2 "2016-02-05T20:48:34Z")

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We had one around 10 miles from here in Wrightsville Beach, NC. They are attributing it, at least partially, to [parasites](http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20160127/ARTICLES/160129778/0/search).