The grim sight is baffling.

嚴峻的景象讓人摸不著頭腦。

Marine biologists who are investigating after it least six whales were found washed up with no apparent sign of having been hit by a ship or caught in a trawler's net.

海洋生物學家正在調查後，它至少有六條鯨魚被發現被衝上岸，沒有明顯的跡象，被船撞到或被拖網漁船網住。

Researchers on Monday used a mechanical digger and long knives to dissect a mammoth fin whale, taking samples they believe might reveal evidence of a viral pathogen.

研究人員週一使用機械挖掘機和長刀解剖了一頭長毛鰭鯨，採集的樣本他們認為可能會發現病毒病原體的證據。

They say that in an average year between three and at most, 10 whales have found dead on France's beaches.

他們說，平均每年3到最多，法國的海灘上就發現了10頭鯨魚的屍體。

Willie Dab in is a researcher from the Pledges Observatory.

威利-達布因是來自普萊德斯天文臺的研究員。

We have what is almost an epidemic or at any rate, a spike in deaths, which doesn't seem to be normal compared to what we've observed for the last 50 years in our tracing of washed up whales, The most recent fin whale corpse was found on Friday.

我們有什麼幾乎是一種流行病，或者在任何情況下，死亡人數激增，這似乎並不正常，與我們在過去50年中觀察到的被沖毀的鯨魚相比，最近的鰭鯨屍體是在週五發現的。

The common fin whales have all died within the past six weeks, and all of them have been malnourished and shown evidence of hemorrhaging.

在過去的六週內，這些普通的長鬚鯨都已經死亡，它們都已經營養不良，並且有出血的跡象。