Bird flu kills thousands of baby seals on Heard Island in Southern Ocean | ABC NEWS

The H5 strain of bird flu was first detected on Heard Island in the Southern Ocean late last year, when researchers said hundreds of southern elephant seal pups had been found dead.

But new research estimates more than three-quarters of all pups — roughly 13,000 — are now believed to have succumbed to the disease.

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