Disturbing sight washes up on West Coast beaches: 'The flood gates opened and it just gets worse every day'
"We’re getting ... more than 300 reports a day.”
Source: yahoo.com
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"We’re getting ... more than 300 reports a day.”
A toxin present in algal blooms is moving through the food chain, leading to the deaths of sea lions and dolphins
A toxic algae bloom is believed to be behind the overwhelming numbers of severely sickened marine mammals.
Over 1,000 calls have been made to authorities regarding the distressed marine mammals. The California Department of Health has issued a warning against consuming certain seafood due to elevated toxin levels.
Marine mammals have been washing ashore in their hundreds with a toxic algal bloom suspected as the cause.