PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />At least 260 dolphins have washed ashore in Peru.<br/> <br />They were found over an area 106 kilometers long in the Lambayaque region.<br/> <br />While the officials are still not sure why the mammals died, they have not ruled out the possibility that they were hunted.<br/> <br />This local fisherman said the dolphins aren't usually found in that area.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED LOCAL FISHERMAN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"If we go deeper, we do see the dolphins but you don't see them over here. They don't live on the shore, it's very rare."<br/> <br />Peruvian Sea Institute officials took samples to study in their lab.<br/> <br />One of them said a number of anchovies were also found floating dead in the sea.<br/> <br />He speculated that the dolphins and anchovies could have died from the same problem, or the smaller fishes have contaminated the mammals.<br/> <br />Sophia Soo, Reuters.
