ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A pod of sperm whales were found dead after becoming stranded in shallow water on a South Australia beach, local media reported on Monday (December 8).<br/> <br />According to reports, the whales were seen swimming in the area but six of them were discovered dead on Monday morning.<br/> <br />A seventh whale was later seen several kilometres from the rest of the pod, local TV reported.<br/> <br />"You love to come and watch them swimming but when you see them like this, it's terrible," said one woman visiting the beach.<br/> <br />"First time I've ever seen anything like this in the twenty years that I've been here," added another beach-goer.<br/> <br />The authorities are planning to conduct post-mortem examinations of the carcasses to find out what killed the whales, reports said.<br/> <br />TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~**SEVEN NETWORK - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA / .COM.AU INTERNET SITES / ANY INTERNET SITE OF ANY AUSTRALIAN BASED MEDIA ORGANISATIONS OR MOBILE PLATFORMS / AUSTRALIAN N
