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==== Mass stranding events ==== On June 8, 2009, a [[Cetacean stranding|mass-stranding event]] (MSE) occurred in Falmouth Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is believed the MSE was likely caused by naval involvement, as all other factors which cause MSEs in cetaceans appear unlikely to have influenced the event. During the event, 26 common dolphins washed ashore, and about the same number floated back out to sea. There were three other MSEs in the UK before this event, all of unknown cause, from the years 1915 to 1938, but with what are believed to be lower counts of stranded dolphins.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jepson|first1=P. D.|last2=Deaville|first2=R.|last3=Acevedo-Whitehouse|first3=K.|last4=Barnett|first4=J.|last5=Brownlow|first5=A.|last6=Brownell Jr|first6=R. L.|last7=Clare|first7=F. C.|last8=Davison|first8=N.|last9=Law|first9=R. J.|last10=Loveridge|first10=J.|last11=MacGregor|first11=S. K.|year=2013|editor1-last=Fahlman|editor1-first=Andreas|title=What Caused the UK's Largest Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Mass Stranding Event?|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=8|issue=4|pages=e60953|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0060953|pmc=3640001|pmid=23646103|last17=Seibel|last24=Fernández|last12=Morris|first12=S.|last13=Murphy|first13=S. A.|last14=Penrose|first14=R.|last15=Perkins|last16=Pinn|first16=E.|first24=A.|first23=A. A.|first17=H.|last23=Cunningham|first22=N.|last22=Tregenza|first21=M. L.|last21=Tasker|first20=V.|last20=Simpson|first19=E.|last19=Sierra|first18=U.|last18=Siebert|first15=M. W.|bibcode=2013PLoSO...860953J |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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