At least 90 pilot whales have died after getting stranded in shallow waters off the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.<br /><br />The creatures were from a pod of an estimated 270 pilot whales. Rescue teams are now battling to save the others that are stranded on the sandbar.<br /><br />Footage filmed on September 22 shows the stranded whales.<br /><br />Nic Deka, a regional manager for Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service said there had not been a mass stranding of this scale for ''for at least 10 years."<br /><br />Pilot whales are a species of oceanic dolphin which can grow up to 23 feet in length and weigh in at three tonnes.
