It is noted that more than 100 dolphins have died in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest in the last one week. It is taken to be the cause of a severe drought, and water temperatures remain high.
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The Mamiraua Institute, a research group of Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, said two more dead dolphins were found Monday in the region around Tefe Lake. Video provided by the institute clearly portrayed vultures picking at the dolphin carcasses on the lakeside. As per the news of the local media, thousands of fish have also died.
The Brazilian government’s Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, said last week it had sent teams of veterinarians and aquatic mammal experts to investigate the deaths. Though the experts stated that high water temperatures are the most likely cause of the deaths in the lakes in the region. Temperatures have exceeded 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Tefe Lake region. and it is tough for the survival of the dolphins and other such fish.
Workers have recovered carcasses of dolphins. Dry rivers have impacted impoverished riverside communities and stuck their boats in the sand in the last week. Due to the drought, Amazonas Governor Wilson Lima on Friday declared a state of emergency in the area. On the other hand, Nicson Marreira, mayor of Tefe said his government was unable to deliver food directly to some isolated communities because the rivers are dry.
