Dolphin is found dead with bleeding eyes in Beira-Mar,Brazil

[Tonka]

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Dolphin is found dead with bleeding eyes in Beira-Mar

May 13, 2011 at 10:50

A dolphin was found yesterday afternoon on the shores of the Bay of San Marcos, Avenida Beira-Mar in downtown St. Louis The animal was dead and showed signs of mesh through the body, bleeding in both eyes.

Photo: G. Ferreira (Photo at the link)

The appearance of dead dolphin in Beira-Mar has attracted the attention of curious

According to Carlos Eduardo Sousa, 21 years, the dolphin was found by a fisherman. The animal caught the attention of those passing by, some people took advantage to record a photograph beside the body of the mammal.

The Small Newspaper was informed that a team from the Center for Aquatic Mammals visited the site, took measurements of the animal and took it to the lab for a necropsy Uema. (For Valkyrie Ferreira)

 

[Emily]

Re: Dolphin is found dead with bleeding eyes in Beira-Mar,Brazil

That's very sad. I hope the cause is determined. I wonder if the eye bleeding could have been caused by birds attacking the dolphin after it was beached? I read about gulls getting very aggressive off the coast of Argentina.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061204-whales-gulls.html