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The Independent UK
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Steve Leblanc

Cape Cod's fishhook topography makes it a global hotspot for mass strandings by dolphins

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The recent stranding of more than 100 dolphins on Cape Cod, the largest such event involving dolphins in U.S. history, is partly due to the peninsula's geography, with its gently sloping sand flats, tidal fluctuations and proximity to productive feeding grounds, experts said.

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