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Are sharks being killed by their own brains? Scientists left baffled by spike in deaths

3rd February

Great white sharks are washing up dead on beaches around North America with enlarged brains – but no-one yet knows why. Scientists in Canada and the US have been left scratching their heads at what is causing the inflammation.


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