Talk:Pilot whale

Beaching due to military vessels?
There was a study done showing temporal and spatial correlations between military vessels using some kind of heavy-duty sonar equipment (I'm not an expert) and whale beachings. This should be mentioned here. I don't have a link just now, but Google may help. - User:Samsara (talk • contribs) 08:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Should there be mention anywhere of Tag, Notch and Baby, three pilot whale calves that were fairly famous in the 80's for having been beached, then saved by the New England Aquarium?


 * Dozens of long finned pilot whales were beached in Tasmania fairly recently too, after a minesweeper went by looking for a shipwreck. —Pengo 02:35, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Twenty-one short finned pilot whales were beached at Avalon Park in St. Lucie County, Florida on the Atlantic Ocean on September 1, 2012 (Buzzexpress (talk) 21:54, 1 September 2012 (UTC), personal observation).

Self consistency issues
There is information on this very page that this whale is hunted in the Faroes, and yet the map indicates that there are none of this species in water even as far north as the south of England? Something doesn't make sense...

In the last paragraph of the description there is a reference to the relative sizes of the two types of pilot whale but the data then given indicates the opposite. I don't know enough about Pilot Whales to make the correction and have no access to the references. For reference the paragraph currently reads as follow (my highlighting): ''The size and weight depend on the species as long-finned pilot whales are generally larger than short-finned pilot whales.[9][8] Their life span is about 45 years in males and 60 years in females for both species. Both species exhibit sexual dimorphism. Adult long-finned pilot whales reach a body length of approximately 6.5 m, with males being 1 m longer than females.[10] Their body mass reaches up to 1,300 kg in females and up to 2,300 kg in males.[11] For short-finned pilot whales, adult females reach a body length of approximately 5.5 m, while males reach 7.2 m and may weigh up to 3,200 kg.[11] '' - River

Do pilot whales hunt sperm whale calves?
In the Sperm Whale article, it mentions pilot whales along with orcas and false killer whales as predators of sperm whale calves. Does anyone know if this is accurate? If so, it would be a good addition to the article. --163.251.104.3 (talk) 00:20, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Recent beaching by short finned pilot whales in Western Australia.
I am of the belief that this pod of whales beached as a direct act in response to the pollution levels of the ocean and would bet that there were high levels of DDT in their system. This, I believe was a deliberate act and sincerely hope that it does not become a more common occurrence due to pollution levels. The toxic substances in tropical waters I feel are more prominent than what would be experienced when nearing the polar ice caps. Ciknights693 (talk) 03:44, 15 October 2023 (UTC)