//Nearly 500 pilot whales stranded in Australian island state

Nearly 500 pilot whales stranded in Australian island state

Video above: Rescue Underway After 270 Whales Are Found Beached in TasmaniaMore pilot whales were found stranded on an Australian coast Wednesday, raising the estimated total to almost 500 in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country.Authorities had already been working to rescue survivors among an estimated 270 whales found Monday on a beach and two sand bars near the remote west coast