Dugongs, Turtles Face Mass Starvation After Storm

A dugong in the Sydney Aquarium.  

Photo: Corrie Barklimore / Creative Commons.

Northeastern Australia may have dried out after devastating floods hit the area early this year, but for dugongs and turtles off the Queensland coast, the natural disaster's effects seem to be just beginning: Hundreds of the animals have been washing up dead onshore near the Great Barrier Reef.

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