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Fatal Asphyxiation in Two Long-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas) Caused by Common Soles (Solea solea)

Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) are rare visitors to the southern North Sea, but recently two individual strandings occurred on the Dutch coast. Both animals shared the same, unusual cause of death: asphyxiation from a common sole (Solea solea) stuck in their nasal cavity. This is a ra...

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Autores principales: IJsseldijk, Lonneke L., Leopold, Mardik F., Bravo Rebolledo, Elisa L., Deaville, Rob, Haelters, Jan, IJzer, Jooske, Jepson, Paul D., Gröne, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4651539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26580786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141951