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False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens mass stranding at Long Beach on South Africa's Cape Peninsula, 2009

S P Kirkman Department of Environmental Affairs, Private Bag X2, Rogge Bay, 8012, South Africa; Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
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M A Meÿer Department of Environmental Affairs, Private Bag X2, Rogge Bay, 8012, South Africa
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M Thornton Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, c/o Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
Pages 167-170 | Received 01 Jan 2010, Accepted 01 Feb 2010, Published online: 03 Jun 2010

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