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Have you visited the beach lately? Hopefully, you didn't see a poor little bottle-nosed dolphin washed up on shore. Lately, almost 357 dolphins, either dead or dying, have washed up on the Mid-Atlantic shore. Most scientists are leaning towards a disease that killed around 750 of the same species in 1787 and 1788.
186 dolphins alone have washed up in Virginia. There have been many other reports of floating carcasses in the ocean, according to Terri Rowles, Director of the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service. She says the number of deaths is certainly higher than just 357.
The cause of the deaths is said to be cetacean morbillivirus. This has been confirmed in 32 of 33 tested dolphins. Marine officials are looking for other causes, but, so far, have not linked the deaths to anything else.
186 dolphins alone have washed up in Virginia. There have been many other reports of floating carcasses in the ocean, according to Terri Rowles, Director of the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service. She says the number of deaths is certainly higher than just 357.
The cause of the deaths is said to be cetacean morbillivirus. This has been confirmed in 32 of 33 tested dolphins. Marine officials are looking for other causes, but, so far, have not linked the deaths to anything else.
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