Amazon river dolphins in Manaus, Brazil in 2013. Sylvain CORDIER / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
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Over 100 Amazon river dolphins were found dead in Lake Tefé over the past week, the Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, a social organization under Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, reported. Thousands of dead fish were also found, with experts concerned that the record-breaking high water temperatures and ongoing drought in the region could be connected to the deaths.
According to World Wildlife Fund, of the six species of river dolphins around today, all are considered endangered or critically endangered. River dolphins face many…
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