Marine Officials Investigate Death Of Six Bottlenose Dolphins Within The Last Day
- Aug 9, 2018
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All summer long, thousands of sea creatures have littered much of southern Florida’s typically scenic beaches. Most were fish — mullet fish, catfish, pufferfish, snook, trout, grunt, and even goliath grouper. But other creatures began washing ashore — crabs, eels, manatees, turtles and even dolphins.
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Maytinee Kramer
All summer long, thousands of sea creatures have littered much of southern Florida’s typically scenic beaches. Most were fish — mullet fish, catfish, pufferfish, snook, trout, grunt, and even goliath grouper. But other creatures began washing ashore — crabs, eels, manatees, turtles and even dolphins.
News outlets claim it to be a wildlife massacre of massive proportions. The cause of death is a bloom of harmful algae. Scientists say it’s the region’s worst outbreak in over a decade. These harmful algae blooms, also known as red tides, for their common rust-red color, produces toxins that cause gastrointestinal and neurological problems when digested. Sea creatures accidently ingest the algae when feeding, which end up putting them in a state of deep unconsciousness until they end up dead.
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