新西蘭53隻死的皮草海豹在南澳海灘發現

53隻死的皮草海豹在南澳海灘發現
53 dead fur seals found on SA beach
Updated January 16, 2012 19:31:19
Translation by Autumnson Blog

More than 50 New Zealand fur seals have washed up dead on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula and will be examined at Adelaide University to determine how they died.
超過50隻新西蘭皮草海豹已冲上岸死在南澳大利亞州的艾爾半島，及將在阿德萊德大學研究以確定它們是如何死的。

Photo: New Zealand fur seals are found all along Australia's south coast as well as along the coast of New Zealand's South Island. (ABC News) Map: Port Lincoln 5606
圖片：新西蘭皮草海豹全部沿澳大利亞南部海岸以及沿新西蘭南島的海岸被發現。 （美國廣播公司新聞）地圖：林肯港5606

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said the bodies of 51 juveniles and two young adults were found near Port Lincoln and at Wanna Beach in the Lincoln National Park.
環境和自然資源部說，51隻少年和兩隻年輕成年的屍體被發現在林肯港附近，及在林肯國家公園的希望海灘。
Dr Lucy Woolford from Adelaide University says three seals have been collected for post-mortem examinations, which will be conducted on Tuesday morning.
來自阿德萊德大學的露西沃爾伍德博士說，已經收集三隻海豹在星期二上午將進行驗屍，。
"These seals appear to have died a few days ago, so they're in a state of decomposition so we're trying to see how much information we can gain from those," she said.
“這些海豹似乎幾天前已經死亡，所以牠們在分解狀態，因此我們嘗試看看我們可以從牠們得到多少信息，”她說。
"[We have found] no immediate signs of injury from the seals we've looked at so far."

New Zealand fur seals are a protected species found along Australia's south coast and along the coast of New Zealand's South Island.

They can grow to weigh up to 250 kilograms, but males usually average about 125kg and are considered docile, although they will attack if provoked.

ABC/AAP
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-16/53-dead-fur-seals-found-in-south-australia/3776548

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