Figure 1. Sperm whale strandings recorded on German coasts of the North Sea during January and February 2016 (Map generated with ‘sp’ Package⁵⁹,⁶⁰ (version 1.2–3) and the ‘DEU_adm0.rds’ file (obtained from the GADM Global Administrative Database⁶¹) in R⁵⁸(version 3.2.3)).