Over the preceding few months , hundreds of dead dolphins have washed up on the shoring of beaches along the U.S. east slide , and at last scientist think they know why . It ’s a dolphin epidemic .
Photo via The Washington Post
According to Danielle Elliot on CBS News :
official confirm Tuesday that morbillivirus , a virus standardised to morbilli , is the culprit in thedeath of more than 300 dolphinsalong the East Coast in recent weeks . It is the same computer virus that killed off more than 700 mahimahi between 1987 and 1988 .
As of Aug. 25 , 333 bottlenose dolphin have turn up drained or nearly dead along beach from New York to North Carolina . scientist call such cases “ strandings . ” Virginia has seen the most deaths , with a total of 174 . The virus causes substantial weight loss as well as unwritten and cutis lesion .
There have also been many reports of be adrift carcasses that have not been recovered , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) functionary enunciate in a Tuesday group discussion call . This means the identification number of fauna that have died is likely high than currently reported .
The dolphinfish morbillivirus can not taint humankind , but it may yet cause more death among the marine mammalian . Often , the dolphin are so break by the computer virus that they are attacked and killed by sharks . This is the bad epidemic that researchers have seen among the mammalian since 1987 , and it may continue for month or even geezerhood .
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