A series of mysterious green turtles died in Australia

Scientists are confused by the phenomenon of more than 70 green turtles (scientific name Chelonia mydas) dying on the beaches in northeast Australia in the past week, the ABC site reported. Mr. Marty McLaughlin from the Queensland Department of Environment said tests and tests of green turtles have been carried out but show they are dead

Scientists are confused by the phenomenon of more than 70 green turtles (scientific name Chelonia mydas) dying on the beaches in northeast Australia in the past week, the ABC site reported.

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Scientists are worried about the phenomenon
More than 70 mysterious green turtles die. (Photo: abc.net.au)

The local government of Queensland, Australia confirmed there were 62 dead green turtles and 10 others found dead floating on the surface by helicopter.

Marty McLaughlin from the Queensland Department of Environment said tests and tests for green turtles were carried out but showed that they died not from disease.

The reason they were starved to death due to lack of food or death due to signs of chemical or parasitic contamination was checked by us, but these causes were ruled out, phys.org excerpted from Mr. McLaughlin.

The cause of dead green turtles still has a secret, all of their bodies are found around the Upstart Bay beach, north of Queensland.

Update 16 December 2018
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