Dolphin Deaths Puzzle US Officials In 2011 the US officials were alarmed and puzzled by a rise in dolphin
deaths along the US Gulf coast in Florida waters. It happened because of
cold water temperatures off the southern US state, where normally
weather attracts the protected sea creatures during winter months.
Some kinds of dolphins live near the coastline and when weather turns
cold they often shelter near springs or in warmer discharge canals (chub-
Hble kahanbl) at power plants to avoid "cold stress" which can weaken and
eventually kill the mammals.
Now the authorities at the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration are investigating the huge increase in baby dolphins found
dead along the US Gulf Coast, in the first birthing season since the BP oil
spill disaster
Eighty-three bottle-nosed dolphins, more than half of them newborns,
were found dead in January and February along the coasts of Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, where millions of barrels
of
oil from a lеаkіng undersea well (колодец) poured into the Gulf of Mexico
over three months.
"It could be direct or indirect effects of NOAA spokeswoman Kim
Amendola said. "We have not found the reason of these deaths but sev.
eral factors could have contributed to the deaths they are botons or
infectious diseases," she said. We are following the situation closely
she added
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