Sharks Dying by the Dozens Due to Internal Bleeding
Analysis by Jennifer Viegas
Thu May 12, 2011 01:28 PM ET
Translation by Autumnson Blog
Dozens of leopard sharks have been washing up dead in California since April, and now a necropsy shows at least one of the sharks died of massive internal bleeding, such that blood was even coming out of the shark's skin, according to a Daily News report.
在加州自4月份以來已有幾十條豹鯊魚沖上岸死亡，及現在一次屍檢顯示至少其中一條鯊魚死於大量內出血，血液甚至從鯊魚的皮膚走出，根據每日新聞報導。
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The necropsy, conducted by the California Department of Fish and Game, uncovered "inflammation, bleeding and lesions in the brain, and hemorrhaging from the skin near vents." According to the Daily News story, bleeding was additionally detected around the tested female's other internal organs.
由加州漁獵部進行的屍檢，發現“大腦發炎、出血和病灶，及從皮膚的排氣孔附近出血。“據每日新聞的故事，出血亦在試驗的女性其它內部器官周圍被額外探測到。
The results suggest the 50 sharks that have washed up dead at Redwood Shores in Redwood City, California, since April must have died a slow and agonizing death.
結果顯示自四月有50條鯊魚在加利福尼亞州紅木城的紅木海岸衝上岸死亡，一定是緩慢而痛苦的死亡。
Catherine Greer, a resident of the city, said she and her son tried to save some of the sharks by returning them to the water, but "they'd swim right back, thrashing their heads against the shore ... as if they were trying to commit suicide."
城市的居民凱瑟琳格里爾說，她和她的兒子試圖通過放回牠們於水裏挽救一些鯊魚，但“牠們會遊回來，對著海岸顛簸牠們的頭上...好像牠們正在試圖自殺。“
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I've been to this spot before and have seen presumably healthy leopard sharks right along the shore. You can see one in this video:
之前我已去過這地點，及看到沿岸推測是健康的豹鯊魚。你可以在這影片看到一條：
Leopard Shark Swimming the Shallows in the San Francisco Bay
豹鯊在舊金山灣淺水游泳
2011-04-19
A key question then clearly remains: What is causing the internal bleeding?
As of now, that's still a mystery. A statement released by the Silicon Valley city mentioned, "The...pathologist is not drawing any conclusions until more examinations and all tests are performed."
A bacterial study and microspoic tissue analysis are underway. Investigators have not ruled out a human-caused spill of toxic chemicals, although no big spill has been reported in the region over the past couple of months.
博客：鎚頭、其牠受保護的鯊魚在巴黎集合
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Sean Van Sommeran, executive director of the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation in nearby Santa Cruz, suspects "we're only seeing a tiny fraction of what's going on," meaning more sharks and other animals are likely being affected by the problem.
Van Sommeran added that leopard sharks are typically a "pretty resistant" species.
I have to wonder...If whatever is in the water is doing this to a sturdy shark, what in the world is it doing, or could it do, to us? Perhaps the cause is shark-specific, such as a pathogen affecting only leopard sharks, but I'd like to see the proof.
http://news.discovery.com/animals/sharks-dying-by-the-dozens-due-to-internal-bleeding.html
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