A young dolphin belonging to a species that typically resides in the deep waters of the tropics was found dead on a beach in New Hampshire.
"Since we began responding in 2014, our rescue team has never before seen this species of dolphin," the group said."The striped dolphin was a female weanling that stranded freshly deceased on Hampton Beach."
Striped dolphins typically nurse their young between a year and 18 months as their calves learn how to fish and survive on their own, meaning that the young dolphin found on the beach was likely around that age, if not much older. had no visible external wounds initially, seagulls had unfortunately scavenged its head between the time of the report and our response," responders said.
Striped dolphins can generally live up to 58 years and don't reach maturity until they are at least 5 years old. Although the species is not considered endangered, it does face threats from humans, mostly through entanglements. NOAA says that the animals can easily become entangled or captured in commercial fishing gear.
Pollution is also a risk, as environmental toxins and contaminants weaken the species' immunity, NOAA says. More than 1,000 of the animals died in the Mediterranean Sea in the early 1900s due to this, after the highly contagious and lethal morbillivirus epizootic swept across the species. It's believed to have been triggered by pollution and fewer available prey, the agency says.
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