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A frantic rescue effort was sparked when nearly 150 dolphins washed up onto a beach in Japan.
According to Fox News, officials said that the dolphins were stranded on the beach in Hokota, a coastal city that's about a 6-mile stretch northeast of Tokyo.
According to the International Business Times, teams are working to try to stop the skin of the dolphins from drying out, while others that are in good condition are carried back into the ocean in slings.
The majority of the dolphins, melon-headed whales or black-fish, were found alive but were extremely week and later died.
According to the New York Post, television footage showed dozens of people carrying buckets and pouring sea water over the dolphins, or even covering them with bath towels, to keep them from drying up.
Smaller beachings have occurred around Japanese coasts, including some 50 dolphins on a nearby beach in 2011.
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