Fox News Latino/AFP – 07/16/2012
Penguins are washing ashore, in the hundreds, along the coast of Brazil and experts have been unable to explain why.
Marine biologists and veterinarians told the G1 online news site that the Center of Coastal and Marine Studies is investigating what caused the deaths of the 512 penguins found on beaches of the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. The cause of death should be known in about 30 days.
Calls to the center on Saturday went unanswered.
Biologists at the center told G1 the penguins were migrating north from Argentina in search of food in warmer waters. They say the birds appeared well-fed, unhurt and without oil stains.
[...] could have been prevented. Preemptive ties were drawn between the spill and the mysterious case of dead penguins washing up on the shores of Rio Grande do Sul, however it has recently been discovered that the [...]