Hundreds of dead little blue penguins, also known by their Māori name, kororā, have been washing up on beaches in New Zealand as scientists speculate what could be the cause.
have been turning up dead all over the long stretches of beaches, where experts have been counting and estimating that at least 200 have been washing up on shore every day.
"There were quite a few which seemed odd, so I thought I'd start counting them to see how many there were," he said. "The very next day we were on Tokerau Beach where there were 22 penguins that were on the beach expired," Parker told the news outlet at the time."Some of them looked like they just landed just the night before or within the last 12 to 24 hours. They looked quite fresh. There was one or two other birds also that were dead."
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