Dead marine animals wash up on picturesque Chilean coast

[longknife]

17 May 2013 Last updated at 19:18 ET Help

Hundreds of dead birds and marine animals have washed up on the Chilean coast near La Serena.

Police and marine life experts investigating believe local fishermen could have been illegally using explosives - even though the practice of blast fishing has been banned.

Natalia Pianzola reports.

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[ScienceRocks]

Maybe we should make a stew out of them?

 

[whitehall]

Hundreds ain't so bad. Maybe the "marine life experts" should put down their tequila sunrises for a while and do some real work.