Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania.

Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing 157 false killer whales that stranded on a remote Australian beach.

Feb. 18, 157 false killer whales were found beached on the northwest coast of Tasmania, an Australian state, by a cause that experts are still unsure of. One day later, the Associated Press reported,

More than 150 cetaceans have been stranded near the north-western tip of Tasmania, and the Marine Conservation Program thinks even those currently still alive are unlikely to be saved. The stranding occurred on a beach near Arthur River,

Over 150 animals, thought to be false killer whales, have stranded themselves in Tasmania. It is unlikely that any will survive the ordeal.

More than 150 false killer whales have been stranded on an isolated beach in the Australian state of Tasmania, with rescue crews trying to save the majority of the large dolphins that survived the ordeal,

Dozens of dolphins have died after a pod of more than 150 stranded on a remote beach in Australia's southern island of Tasmania, environment officials said Wednesday. A pod of 157 dolphins from a poorly understood deep-sea species was believed to have been stranded in the past 48 hours – with "approximately 90" still alive as of Wednesday morning.