Endangered Manatee
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New York Times April 11, 1996
The manatee population has suffered a devastating blow so far this year.
About 221 manatees have been found dead already. Out of those 221, 128 have no
obvious cause of death. Marine biologists have been unable to find the cause of
these deaths. They suspect that ....
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.... away from the
"source" of the problem. If the manatees survive there, that tells scientists
that the problem was in their habitat. If the still die at their current rate,
that would tell the scientists that the manatees have a deadly unknown virus.
If it is a virus, the scientists can devise some sort of medicine to defeat this
virus.
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