On the Intriguing Stranding of Four Cuvier’s Beaked Whales, Ziphius Cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823, on the Lesser Antillean Island of Bonaire

The stranding of four Cuvier’s Beaked Whales, Ziphius cavirostris , on the Lesser Antillean Island of Bonaire on April 3, 1974 is reported. The death of the animals was most probably caused by some kind of underwater explosion.