seal deaths from "corkscrew" cuts
The article linked below describes severe injuries to seals off the UK, possibly from vessels with ducted propulsion systems. Have similar injuries been observed by MARMAM members? Bill Rossiter Cetacean Society International By Tim Bugler <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Tim+Bugler> Last updated at 12:21 PM on 23rd August 2010 Experts probing the so-called 'corkscrew deaths' of seals on Britain's East Coast believe the building of a huge offshore wind farm could be to blame. The corpses of 50 seals with a clean 'corkscrew' cut running from head to tail have been washed up over the past 18 months. A dozen of the mutilated seals were discovered off St Andrews, Fife, and in the Firth of Forth. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1305402/Wind-farm-clue-horrific-cork...
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