Dead pelican found in the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. FLICKR, ST. VINCENTVOLUNTEERS
As hundreds of marine mammals and birds are found dead along the beaches of Peru, country officials are scratching their heads over what’s causing the massive die-offs. In the last few months, more than 1,000 pelicans have dropped dead along a 40-mile stretch of beach on the northern coast of Peru, as well as several sea lions, a turtle, and some 800 dolphins. The deaths have prompted the Peruvian health ministry to advise people to stay away from the beaches until further notice.
Last month, Peru’s Deputy Minister for Natural Resource Development said a morbillivirus outbreak could have been responsible for the dolphin deaths, BBC News reported. However a more recent report by an AccuWeather.com meteorologist suggests that warmer than average sea-surface temperatures in the ...
