A research team in blue tees onboard a small boat observes a stressed dolphin swimming in the bay.

44 dead bottlenose dolphins have washed ashore in Florida this year. Necropsy results are pending to determine whether the cause is environmental toxins and/or toxic algae (red tide). #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WhaleWednesday #Florida #BottlenoseDolphins #UME #UnusualMortalityEvent

In 2013, dozens of dolphins mysteriously died in Florida – scientists just figured out why Researchers have finally solved the decade-long puzzle of why so many of Indian River Lagoon’s dolphins died in a single year.

“UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENT”
It’s a term that I first heard in 2007 and it inspired me to write Wendall’s Lullaby.

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