Top 10 Strange Mass Animal Deaths

Large numbers of animals have mysteriously died recently, from the thousands of birds found dead in two southern U.S. states to 100,000 dead fish in Arkansas. TIME takes a look at other mass animal deaths, many of which are still unsolved

Mysterious Deaths

Sea Turtles in El Salvador

By Alexandra SilverWednesday, Jan. 05, 2011
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As the bodies of several species of endangered sea turtles washed up on the shores of El Salvador in January 2006, the circumstances of their deaths appeared mysterious. The Wildlife Conservation Society later said the sea turtles, some 200 of them, were the victims of red tide, toxic algal blooms that had killed before.