article_snippet.sent: Workers use a crane to remove one of the 146 melon-headed whales that died when beached in Hokota . '
article_snippet.sent: But despite desperate efforts to help the melon-headed whales, some  were being pushed back onto the beach by the tide soon after being released.
article_snippet.sent: Young children look at melon-headed whales beached on shore, northeast of Tokyo.
article_snippet.sent: We see one or two whales washing ashore a year, but this may be the first time We have found over 100 of they on a beach,.
article_snippet.sent: The Japanese Coast Guard worked nonestop to save the melon-headed whales, part of the dolpin family .
article_snippet.sent: Melon-headed whales, also known as electra dolphins, are relatively common in Japanese waters and can grow to be two-to-three meters (six-to-nine feet) long.
article_snippet.sent: In 2011, about 50 melon-headed whales beached about 50 melon-headed whales in a similar area.
highlights_snippet.sent: Pod of melon-headed whales beached in Hokota, 60 miles from Tokyo .
  