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Exxon Mobil has been accused of killing 100 melon headed whales in Madagascar using a noisy technology that blasts compressed air below water to map the ocean for oil.
According to news.com.au , an investigation into the May 2008 incident showed that seismic airgun surveying by Exxon Mobil led to the sudden displacement of the whales, which became stranded and died.
"This is the first known such marine mammal mass stranding event closely associated with relatively high frequency mapping sonar systems,'' said the report released by the International Whaling Commission.
The researchers described a "highly unusual event'' in which about 100 melon headed whales became stranded in shallow waters in the Loza Lagoon system in northwest Madagascar in May and June 2008.
"This typically open ocean cetacean species had never previously nor since been reported in this shallow tidal estuarine system, nor in any other in Madagascar,'' said the study.
Exxon Mobil is yet to comment on the accusation.