Anchovies and mass beaching just strikes me as funny.
I heard the same thing on the radio ... about the anchovies beaching themselves. I am afraid I burst out laughing as I thought of millions of environmentalists on the beaches tending to the anchovies. Certainly a whale might beach itself ... but somehow I have a vision of millions of anchovies washing ashore.
At least a whale is easier to clean up...maybe...
The infamous exploding whale...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qrmV-r1YsQ