The animals may have been disturbed by some unknown factor, or poisoned, before they became stranded in shallow waters and died, said Narriman Jiddawi, a marine biologist at the Institute of Marine Science of the University of Dar es Salaam.
Experts planned to examine the dolphins' heads to assess whether they had been affected by military sonar.
(Via PAG E-News.)
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Scientists study hundreds of dead dolphins
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Interesting thought. As far as their being self-aware, sentient beings, I definitely agree. I suspect dolphins are atually much smarter than we are in many important ways. It's too bad they have to share a planet with the likes of us.
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