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The bodies of dead dolphins wash up on a beach in Peru in what's becoming a major problem.
Around 400 having come ashore on Peruvian beaches in January alone. Kids fascinated
by being so close to the marine mammals. Their parents not so impressed with dead dolphins
being dragged down the beach.
You have to put the dolphins in a better place because it's contaminating the beach. We are
here with women and children and we are all being exposed to the contamination.
And scientists have no idea what's causing this worrying phenomenon. Currently trying
to work out just what is going wrong, and it's not just dolphins being washed ashore.
A sea turtle and a seal among the dead too.
Officials measure the dolphins which are then taken away for examination. As they try to
pinpoint what is killing them, and in such large numbers.