2023-07-28 20:51:38
Does a few weeks ago dozens of dead animals began to appear on the beaches from Montevideo, Canelones, Maldonado and Rocha in Uruguay. Most of them are Magellan penguins that migrate from southern Argentina to the Brazilian coast.
According to the organization SOS Marine Fauna, there are more than 5,000 specimens foundamong which were also sea turtles, albatross, seagulls, sea lions, petrels, terns and dolphins.
The Ministry of Environment of the neighboring country took samples of 20 penguins found dead on the beaches of Maldonado and ruled out the possibility that they were carriers of bird flu.
However, what most caught the attention of the professionals was the fact that they found the stomach and intestine of the empty penguins.
The causes of animal deaths in Uruguay
According to experts, this would indicate that the animals went many days without eating and that may be one of the reasons for their death, since without energy to swim thousands of kilometers the animals reach the coast simply to die. In addition, food is key to maintaining the layers of fat that protect them from the low temperatures of the sea.
On the other hand, the main cause of death in the case of sea turtles was fishing, as reported by the entity. The reason for the death of the other species is still unknown.
The director of Biodiversity and Environmental Ecosystem Services of the Uruguayan Ministry of the Environment, Gerardo Evia, pointed out in a note from infobae that the results “indicate a state of malnutrition of the specimens, in many cases juveniles and some other finds related to parasites and gastroenteritis.
The agency continues to carry out studies to find the causes, but so that dead animals do not continue to appear on the coasts of Uruguay or even Argentina, both countries have to work in protected areas and prevent overfishing from leaving the animals without food. marines.
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