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Something is terribly wrong on the coast of Peru. At least 877 dolphins and more than 1,500 birds, most of them brown pelicans and boobies, have died along the coast since February when the government started tracking the deaths. The government says that the deaths of the dolphins and birds are unrelated. The dolphin deaths have been blamed on the morbillivirus, while the bird deaths are blamed on starvation from a shortage of anchoveta, a fish of the anchovy family. Reportedly, the recent El Niño has raised coastal water temperatures causing the fish to stay in deeper colder waters beyond the reach of the sea birds. Now, three months after Peruvian government officials began testing the dead dolphins and pelicans, no definitive results have been released, and there is growing suspicion among the public and scientists that there might be more to the story.
Dead Dolphins and Birds Are Causing Alarm in Peru
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