NOUN
- small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
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- Three pilot whales beached on St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas, coincident with Navy maneuvers.
- On several occasions two of our group got within touching distance (although touching is not allowed) of a pod of pilot whales.
- Of the total of 39 pilot whales that came ashore, 18 died and were buried on the strand by Dingle Coast Guard and Kerry County Council.
- Some snorkellers swam alongside a whale shark, while divers of one boat made their entry to find themselves among a welcoming committee of pilot whales.
- Pilot whales are social creatures and tend to remain with sick members. Times, Sunday Times
- The remaining indigenous mammals are all marine, comprising whales and seals, and include Southern right whale (Balaena glacialis), rare sightings of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), orca (Orcinus orca), the most common whale observed at Macquarie Island, and long fin pilot whale (Globicephala melaena), the only other whale to be seen in any numbers around Macquarie Island. MacQuarie Island, Australia
- The most important are humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin, minke, sei, sperm, and pilot whales (Globicephala melaena). Fisheries and aquaculture in the Newfoundland and Labrador Seas, Northeastern Canada
- Volunteers have tried to refloat beached pilot whales and keep others off the beach but with limited success. Times, Sunday Times
- Pilot whales can often be spotted resting in large pods at the ocean surface, yet very little is known about the submarine behavior of these deep-sea hunters.
- Pilot whales are among the most intelligent of all marine mammals and have what is described as an altruistic nature, tending to remain with sick members. Whale rescuers in race against time after mass beaching at Scottish sea loch