Marine mammals and sonar concern, but very little definitive information was known. In 1995 a comprehensive book on the relation between marine mammals and noise had been published, and it did not even mention strandings. In 2013, research showed beaked whales were highly sensitive to mid-frequency active sonar. Blue whales have also been shown to flee from the source of mid-frequency sonar, while naval use of mid- and high- frequency side-scan sonar was deemed 'the most probable cause' of a mass stranding of around 50 short-beaked common dolphin ("Delphinus delphis") on 9 June 2008 in Falmouth Bay, Cornwall, UK. There was anecdotal evidence from
Yale (mythical creature) Yale (mythical creature) The yale or centicore (Latin: "eale") is a mythical beast found in European mythology and heraldry. Most descriptions make it an antelope- or goat-like four-legged creature with the tusks of a boar and large horns that it can swivel in any direction. The name might be derived from Hebrew יָעֵל ("yael"), meaning "Ibex". The yale was first written about by Pliny the Elder in Book VIII of his "Natural History": he describes the "eale" as a creature found in Aethiopia "the size of a hippopotamus, with an elephant's tail, of a black or tawny colour, with the