260 Dead Dolphins Scattered on Shoreline of Peru, Just Days After Mysterious U.S. Incident
Heather Callaghan
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Just days after news surfaced about the dead dolphins washing up on the Cape Cod shore, over 260 dolphins were found dead off the Chiclayo shore of Peru. Dolphins were scattered on 66-miles of shoreline north of Lima.
Unlike the Cape Cod incident, where dolphins continue to beach themselves requiring rescue, the Peru dolphins appeared to be already dead. The cause is a complete mystery.
Some officials are speculating that the dolphins are being hunted; the dolphins are not even known to be in the surrounding seas of that area. According to local fisherman, it is extremely rare to see a dolphin near the shallow waters or washed up on shore.
The only markings on the dolphins are from the locals unwisely carving them up for meat. If the dolphins were whole aside from the locals, then for what reason would they be hunted? If they had been hunted far, far out into the ocean, would that explain how over 260 landed ashore?
The dolphins may have been killed by the impact of off-shore oil exploration and drilling in the region, said Carlos Yaipen with ORCA, a non-governmental group that focuses helping ocean creatures in the south Pacific.
The mass dolphin deaths are a "very serious" issue, Yaipen said.
The head of a Lambayeque group representing aquafarmers, Jorge Cabrejos, said the anchovies appear to have eaten contaminated plankton, which then sickened the dolphins that ate the small fish.
Thirty-four of the world's 81 species of cetaceans swim off the Peruvian shores, 17 of which are dolphins. Of those, the most common is the bottlenose dolphin.
AFP
The only other speculation is poisoning from possibly eating contaminated anchovies that also appeared dead upon the shore. The anchovies were thought to have consumed bad plankton. This still does not explain why dolphins were in the area. It is unclear whether they died first and washed up, or swam too close and beached themselves.
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Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/hundreds-of-dead-dolphins-found-off-peru-20120211-1sxxu.html#ixzz1mQpQGpY3
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Likely due to the huge amount JAPAN's Tokyo Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power which leaked huge amounts of radiation into the earth and sea due to its poor design which was tested and failed in the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. This includes leaking huge amounts of radioactive iodine and other pollutants into the ocean. Marine life has been stressed with having to avoid swimming through TOXIC sludge.
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