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Hundreds ­ possibly thousands ­ of pelicans, dolphins, sea lions and other marine animals and coastal birds have been found dead along a 40-mile stretch of Peru¹s northern coast.

Since January, an estimated 900 dead dolphins have washed up onshore. Scientists have also located the carcasses of 54 boobies (a seabird), several sea lions and a turtle as well. The latest find has been that of 538 dead pelicans, along with other birds, according to the Peruvian Ministry of Production. Every age group and gender was represented in the grisly findings, and each species has been found in various stages of decomposition.

³When you have something this large, my gut would tell me that there¹s something traumatic that happened,² said Sue Rocca, a marine biologist with the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, in an interview with CNN.