Table 1 Biological data and conservation code of stranded animals: weight was estimated using Lockyer et al.67 on total length measured on the field.

From: Multidisciplinary studies on a sick-leader syndrome-associated mass stranding of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) along the Adriatic coast of Italy

SW

Total length

Estimated weight16

Conservation code16

Nutritional status

Estimated Age16

Sex

1

895 cm

8.84 t

2

2

31–32 years

F

1b

98 cm

n.e.

2

n.e.

n.e.

M

2

838 cm

7.38 t

3

2

21 years

F

3

733 cm

5,11 t

2

2

14 years

F

4*

650 cm

3,7 t

1

n.e.

juvenile

n.e.

5*

700 cm

4,5 t

1

n.e.

juvenile

n.e.

6*

750 cm

5,5 t

1

n.e.

juvenile

n.e.

7*

620 cm

3,2 t

1

n.e.

juvenile

n.e.

  1. Sex, nutritional status and conservation code were assessed by visual evaluation. Age was estimated on teeth analyses on examined animals or estimated on total length.
  2. *Data reported for these animals were estimated during refloation. n.e. means not evaluated.
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