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Peru probes mystery pelican deaths; After Mass Dolphin Die Off
Topic Started: May 1 2012, 08:56 AM (68 Views)
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Peru probes mystery pelican deaths
AFP staff
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A team of ornithologists were investigating the mysterious death of nearly 600 sea birds found on the beaches of northern Peru, government officials said.

The investigation follows a probe into the deaths of more than 850 dolphins that have washed ashore since January along the same 170-kilometer (100-mile) stretch of coastline in the northern departments of Piura and Lambayeque.

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http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conserva...0509-1ycqu.html
Mystery of dolphin and penguin deaths
The Sydney Morning Herald
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They say the deaths of the dolphins and pelicans were unrelated and it was a coincidence that they happened around the same time.

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Ocean temperatures in the region, said Bocanegra, are 6 degrees above normal for this time of year, Peru's autumn.

Similar pelican die-offs have happened in 1982-1983 and in 1997-1998 when the El Nino meteorological phenomena warmed the ocean, Bocanegra said.

The dolphin die-off remains a mystery.


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Thousands of shellfish found dead in Peru
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