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NJ River Dolphins Debate May Have Ended Tragically

A pack of wayward dolphins, who wound up in New Jersey shore rivers last June, are believed to have all died from the cold. And locals are fighting mad that the feds never authorized an intervention to save them.

Fears are mounting that the 16 bottlenose dolphins who unexpectedly arrived in the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers near the Jersey Shore in June may be dead. Bob Schoelkopf, co-director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, New Jersey says he's afraid the last five dolphins who had recently been spotted are dead.

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That's too bad.  But could this have been a case of "survival of the fittest," one in which Mother Nature eliminates dolphins that are stupid enough or unlucky enough to get lost in a river?  Maybe?  Maybe not?

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