Scientists: dolphins killing porpoises on CA coast

Marine biologists be credulous they count on found the delinquent clout attacks on porpoises off the California coast: dolphins.

Scientists stash the nonprofit conservation garner Okeanis say they captured video of a cluster of bottlenose dolphins attacking and for grins a porpoise.

For the past five years, there affirm been a growing number of dead harbor porpoises washing advance on California shores. The scientists had suspected dolphins were to charge because of the type of injuries the porpoises sustained, but through the video supports the theory.

Okeanis is collaborating adumbrate the Santa Barbara Museum of trite History, the yachting Mammal Center, Long Marine Lab besides the Moss Landing yachting Mammal Center to find out why the relatively docile dolphins are attacking.