Hand-feeding pelicans, as thousands wash up dead along Peru's shores

Martin Mejia / AP

A Peruvian chef tosses a fish to a pelican at a pier in Chorrillos, Peru, on May 18.

A group of local chefs and restaurant owners gathered on the pier to feed pelicans in their efforts to save them from starvation. Scientists studying a mass die-off of thousands of pelicans on northern Peru's beaches say they think hotter than usual ocean temperatures have driven a type of anchovy deeper into the sea, beyond the reach of many young pelicans.

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Martin Mejia / AP

A Peruvian chef hand-feeds a fish to a young pelican at a pier in Chorrillos, Peru, on May 18.

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