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Why are seabirds washing up dead along Australia's coast? Here's what researchers say is happening

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A famous Australian seabird has made its annual return to the country, but beachgoers have noticed something strange this year.

Thousands of short-tailed shearwaters, also known as mutton birds, are turning up dead on Australia's east coast.

Lauren Roman, a researcher at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, said the mass deaths were first reported in New South Wales last week, and in Tasmania a few days ago.

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