墨西哥近300只海龜死于有毒的紅潮

墨西哥近300只海龜死于有毒的紅潮

Mexican environmental authorities said Thursday that 292 sea turtles found dead on the country’s southern Pacific coast since Christmas died as a result of a red tide algae bloom.

墨西哥環(huán)保部門于本周四稱，自去年圣誕節(jié)以來，在該國南太平洋海岸發(fā)現(xiàn)的292只死于赤潮海藻爆發(fā)的海龜。

Volunteers, researchers and authorities managed to save 27 of the Pacific Green sea turtles, which had suffered paralysis.

志愿者、研究人員和有關(guān)部門成功拯救了27只癱瘓的太平洋綠海龜。

Turtles found in and around the coastal resort of Huatulco had been unable to breathe properly or keep their heads up.

在海濱度假勝地華圖爾科及其周圍發(fā)現(xiàn)的海龜無法正常呼吸，也無法抬起頭來。

Volunteers kept some of them from asphyxiating by keeping them on land wrapped in wet blankets, or in shallow tubs of water with tiny life jackets.

志愿者們用濕毯子把它們裹在陸地上，或者用小救生衣把它們放在淺水池里，以免它們窒息。

The office for environmental protection said Thursday that autopsies showed the turtles had eaten sea salps, gelatinous blobs that may have accumulated the algae toxins.

環(huán)境保護署周四表示，尸檢顯示海龜吃了海鹽，這是一種可能積聚了海藻毒素的凝膠狀斑點。