Sick marine mammals turning up on California beaches
I think it’s interesting that it’s tragic when cute animals die in small numbers due to totally natural causes, and totally irrelevant when non-cute animals die by the millions due to human infrastructure.<p>To the north and to the south of this particular data point, mammal rescues are normal.<p>Normal (El Nino) weather patterns seem to explain why these young animals may be having trouble finding food. And while plenty of spectres are thrown about like toxic algae and pollution from storm runoff, no data are actually provided, which IMO is beneath journalistic standards.