Since January, hundreds of dead or dying sea lions have washed up on Peru's beaches.
Before they died, the animals - majestic predators that can weigh up to 350 kilos - suffered from agonizing convulsions and struggled to swim.
Nothing like this had ever been observed in the region.
A scientific team of Peruvian and Argentine researchers has now confirmed that the mass deaths of the sea lions are due to the avian influenza A . . .
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