11/02/2017

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0:00:13 > 0:00:15It's Saturday, I'm Jenny and it's another big weekend

0:00:15 > 0:00:18of sporting action - first up, it's the Six Nations.

0:00:18 > 0:00:21And one of the tournament's biggest games takes place later -

0:00:21 > 0:00:23Wales take on England in Cardiff.

0:00:23 > 0:00:27It's the 130th time they've played.

0:00:27 > 0:00:29Last week, Wales beat Italy and England squeezed past

0:00:29 > 0:00:29France to keep up their 15 match winning run.

0:00:34 > 0:00:37Here's the Welsh captain, Alan Wyn Jones.

0:00:37 > 0:00:40You come out and you've got 75,000 fans that

0:00:40 > 0:00:42are there for what's hopefully

0:00:42 > 0:00:46going to be a good 80-minute game.

0:00:46 > 0:00:50You realise you're in a very fortunate place and you get to enjoy

0:00:50 > 0:00:53the anthem before the game.

0:00:53 > 0:00:56Hopefully we can put smiles on faces.

0:00:56 > 0:00:59And we want to know what you think will happen.

0:00:59 > 0:01:00Can England keep their winning record going

0:01:00 > 0:01:02or will Wales beat them?

0:01:02 > 0:01:07Go online and let us know.

0:01:07 > 0:01:10Volunteers in New Zealand have managed to re-float about 100

0:01:10 > 0:01:13of the 400 pilot whales that became stranded on beaches on Friday.Sadly

0:01:13 > 0:01:16many whales have died and it's thought another 200 many have

0:01:16 > 0:01:18got stuck overnight.

0:01:18 > 0:01:21It's the worst case of this type the country has ever seen.

0:01:21 > 0:01:23It's not uncommon for these animals to become beached like this.

0:01:23 > 0:01:25But why does it happen?

0:01:25 > 0:01:26Here's what you need to know.

0:01:26 > 0:01:29Beaching is when whales become stuck on sand and it can be very

0:01:29 > 0:01:30dangerous.

0:01:30 > 0:01:33Marine scientists then have one clear reason to explain why

0:01:33 > 0:01:34it happens.

0:01:34 > 0:01:35Here are some of the theories.

0:01:35 > 0:01:37It's thought some whales become stranded because they are

0:01:37 > 0:01:41sick or injured and are pushed in shore by currents, or are simply too

0:01:41 > 0:01:48ill to swim.

0:01:48 > 0:01:51Whales rely on something called sonar to work out

0:01:51 > 0:01:53where they are and where they are going.

0:01:53 > 0:01:55They send sound waves or pulses which bounce back of surfaces.

0:01:55 > 0:01:57Some ships use of sonar pulses, too.

0:01:57 > 0:01:59They have been linked to whales getting stranded because

0:01:59 > 0:02:01scientists think if the two crossed paths, the whales could become

0:02:01 > 0:02:08confused or injured.

0:02:08 > 0:02:10It's thought changes in the environment could

0:02:10 > 0:02:13cause them to behave differently, too.

0:02:13 > 0:02:15Perhaps food stocks are low, temperatures are unusually high

0:02:15 > 0:02:20or low, or the water they are in has become polluted.

0:02:20 > 0:02:22Even whales make mistakes.

0:02:22 > 0:02:25It is thought they can sometimes lose their way into

0:02:25 > 0:02:28shallow waters by accident while travelling to warmer waters to mate.

0:02:28 > 0:02:30Whales are very sociable creatures and often travel

0:02:30 > 0:02:31in large pods or groups.

0:02:31 > 0:02:35Marines think if any whale is affected by any of the last four

0:02:35 > 0:02:41reasons, any travelling with it will copy them.

0:02:41 > 0:02:43That's all from me, for now, Newsround's back

0:02:43 > 0:02:45right here at 11.55.

0:02:45 > 0:02:51Bye!

0:02:51 > 0:02:58-- 12:15.

0:02:58 > 0:02:58Have

0:02:58 > 0:02:58Have a

0:02:58 > 0:02:58Have a great

0:02:58 > 0:03:02Have a great Saturday!