The stranding of four Cuvier’s Beaked Whales, Ziphius cavirostris, on the Lesser Antillean Island of Bonaire on April 3, 1974 is reported. The death of the animals was most probably caused by some kind of underwater explosion.

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van Bree, P., & Kristensen, I. (1974). On the intriguing stranding of four Cuvier’s Beaked Whales, Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823, on the Lesser Antillean Island of Bonaire. Bijdragen tot de dierkunde, 44(2), 235–238.