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Dozens of endangered African penguins appeared to have been killed by a swarm of bees in South Africa.
Axar.az reports citing foreign media that South African National Parks, or SANParks, said 63 penguins were found dead at a Colony in Simonstown, near Cape Town, with the deaths occurring sometime between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
A preliminary investigation suggested the penguins died after being stung by Cape honey bees.
"The post-mortems revealed that all the penguins had multiple bee stings and many dead bees were found at the site where the birds had died," SanParks said.
The post-mortem reports found that the penguins had been stung around the eyes and on their flippers. They had no other physical injuries.
One penguin had been stung 27 times.
Date
2021.09.21 / 12:40
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Axar.az
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