This Tuesday, May 20, 2008 in the early evening, the residents of Yoff Tongor
On the beach Paris Dakar, attended a well macabre show: a large number of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) came ashore on the beach.
On the beach Paris Dakar, attended a well macabre show: a large number of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) came ashore on the beach.
The Greek philosopher Aristotle was the first to describe the stranding of marine mammals. This phenomenon has long intrigued people and can not find a satisfactory explanation. Already Prehistoric man used the stranded cetaceans for food or make useful products.
most diverse theories attempting to uncover this mystery, cetaceans they would try to return to their home land?
Nowadays the theory of collective suicide seems to be the most widespread, at least, lack of precise knowledge, it is the most publicized.
Jean Goepp and Youssef El Ali Oceanium helped by the children for a rescue
close social ties among members of many societies of toothed whales. If an individual is ill, injured or about to die of old age, the habit to assist the group in trouble does not disappear because of the proximity of the shore.
understanding and some fishermen off the tow through their canoes. Thanks to their intervention 50 mammals have been saved. 
Wednesday evening and despite all these efforts, there were 34 dead bodies on the beach. The causes of this tragedy are still and as always difficult to determine: collective suicide, contamination, human disturbance, etc. ...?
Two brothers united in a common struggle: The preservation of the environment for future generations. Ibrahim El Ali and Haidar El Ali
Nowadays the theory of collective suicide seems to be the most widespread, at least, lack of precise knowledge, it is the most publicized.
Residents present at the stranding are immediately intervened to try to help
survivors.
prevented this massacre, the team led by its President Océanium the famous Senegalese ecologist Haidar El Ali is dispatched in the early hours of the day, to ascertain the magnitude of the tragedy , attempt a rescue operation and alert the media.
Jean Goepp and Youssef El Ali Oceanium helped by the children for a rescue Note that the species most frequently run aground, and in greater number, are those form cohesive social groups and often live in deep waters far from shore. These species include pilot whales.
These small cetaceans "can weigh two to three tonnes and measuring five to six meters. They breathe air, they give birth and nurse like whales, but they are not whales, which they, may weigh 100 tonnes, "said Haidar El Ali .
close social ties among members of many societies of toothed whales. If an individual is ill, injured or about to die of old age, the habit to assist the group in trouble does not disappear because of the proximity of the shore.
On site, the population has naturally been mobilized to assist rescuers Oceanium, children keep animals alive in the water
understanding and some fishermen off the tow through their canoes. Thanks to their intervention 50 mammals have been saved. 
Wednesday evening and despite all these efforts, there were 34 dead bodies on the beach. The causes of this tragedy are still and as always difficult to determine: collective suicide, contamination, human disturbance, etc. ...?
Many theories assume that cetaceans suffer from a disorder caused Navigation by waves caused by military sonar, and there are sometimes serious infections caused by parasitic worms found in the ear canal or brain, which could affect coordination, orientation, balance and hearing of cetaceans.
"Another hypothesis is that whales navigate using the magnetic field anomalies of the earth. Migratory birds and turtles, for example, have this ability, and magnetite, a mineral involved in geometric navigation in these animals, was found in the brains of some cetaceans. " http://eric.marchand7.free.fr/mm53.htm
Passed the bitterness of these findings, however, we can retain is really unexpected from this sad episode: the mobilization and spontaneity of youth, aware of their ability to act against fate. It is this awareness of new generations of their responsibility as their potential for solving problems of our time that we note today. And the lesson given by children is a promise of hope ...
Days Oceanium awareness for environmental bore fruit with a young Senegalese who has hésitée not a moment to mobilize to save whales.
On the Senegalese press group Walfadjri Haidar El Ali explains the phenomenon
http://www.walf.sn/societe/suite.php?rub=4&id_art=46534
"O yesterday by telephone, Haidar El Ali gives several Possible reasons for this phenomenon of whales failed bands before yesterday on the beach Ndénat. He said the military training completes, U.S. Army in collaboration with his Senegalese counterpart on the site of Lac Rose with shots to the sea may have deflected these mammals in their path. Another track that does not preclude the Director of National Océanium: oil exploration offshore Mauritania, which uses sonar that these whales are very sensitive to the emission of sound.
On the Senegalese press group Walfadjri Haidar El Ali explains the phenomenon
http://www.walf.sn/societe/suite.php?rub=4&id_art=46534
"O yesterday by telephone, Haidar El Ali gives several Possible reasons for this phenomenon of whales failed bands before yesterday on the beach Ndénat. He said the military training completes, U.S. Army in collaboration with his Senegalese counterpart on the site of Lac Rose with shots to the sea may have deflected these mammals in their path. Another track that does not preclude the Director of National Océanium: oil exploration offshore Mauritania, which uses sonar that these whales are very sensitive to the emission of sound.
Add to this the pollution caused by the fishermen themselves and causing the depletion of fishery products. However, as the director of the Océanium, these animals are 'noble', 'they do not eat in the garbage. " This may cause them to 'want to commit suicide'. To avoid this, it should educate people so that they become aware and more involved. "
In any event, thanks to the intervention team Oceanium, fifty mammals were rescued at sea and returned Among the fifty there are thirty pregnant females, according to Haidar El Ali. BD Bitey "
What is very important to emphasize is that this phenomenon is very rare in the coast of West Africa. The old sinner Lebou people of Senegal say that the last time that whales were stranded back more than thirty years.
Ibrahim Ali El ibrahim.el.ali @ gmail.com
Two brothers united in a common struggle: The preservation of the environment for future generations. Ibrahim El Ali and Haidar El Ali 
