Beached pilot whales, New Zealand. Photo source: ©© Angieandsteeve
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Rescuers who battled exhaustion and darkness succeeded in saving 14 pilot whales from a pod of 74 that stranded on a remote New Zealand beach.
Late Friday, a total of 24 whales were trucked 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Spirits Bay, where they beached on Wednesday, to be refloated in more sheltered waters of Rarawa Beach, an hour’s drive south…