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Whales Stranded off Madagascar
A mission is under way to rescue more than 100 whales trapped in a bay in the north of Madagascar.
About 30 whales have already died and experts are being flown in from across the world.
The site is near an area where ExxonMobil is carrying out seismic surveys but the oil company has denied any link.
The first whale became stranded at the end of May and the first fatality was reported three days later.
Surveying suspended
The majority of the melon-headed whales swam through a narrow entrance into a bay where they have become trapped.
ExxonMobil had been carrying out seismic surveying in the area, although it says this began several days after the first whale washed ashore...
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