Reuters: More rare dolphins die in new spot along Brazil's Amazon River -report

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More rare dolphins die in new spot along Brazil's Amazon River -report

By Steven Grattan
October 27, 20232:49 PM EDT

SAO PAULO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - More rare freshwater dolphins in Brazil have been found dead in a new location along the Amazon River, in the latest grim fallout from the longest drought in the rainforest's recorded history.

Sea Shepherd Brazil said on Friday that 16 of the rare, usually pink-colored, dolphins in the Coari region of the river had died, along with seven other deceased water-based mammals.

Their deaths were "an extremely worrying development that could indicate that there are dolphins dying in other parts of the river that are not yet being monitored," Sea Shepherd said.

Parts of the Amazon River recently fell to their lowest level in over a century as a punishing drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem.

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1. I wonder if mercury from illegal gold operations played a part.

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2. Not according to the article

Low river levels during the months-long drought have heated water in some areas to intolerable temperatures for the dolphins, researchers believe. Thousands of fish have also died in recent weeks on Amazon tributaries due to a lack of oxygen in the water.