Hundreds of dead birds wash up on northern Chilean beach

Strange Sounds

May 31, 2023

It is unclear what caused the deaths of the approximately 200 birds that washed up along Changa Beach in northern Chile’s Coquimbo province.

Local authorities have sent samples of the birds to a laboratory in Santiago to determine whether they died of a massive bird flu contagion.

Authorities have warned locals not to collect the dead birds so as to avoid possible infection of bird flu.

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