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A new study found signs similar to Alzheimer's disease in the brains of dolphins in Florida's Indian River Lagoon.

Researchers link these brain changes to neurotoxins from harmful algal blooms, which dolphins are exposed to through their diet.

Algal blooms thrive on nutrients from runoff, sunlight, and warm, slow-moving water, with climate change potentially increasing their frequency.

These toxins can also harm other animals, including pets, and have been linked to deadly cases in dogs.

Dolphin brains in are showing signs eerily similar to Alzheimer’s disease in humans, a new study reveals.

Researchers say the findings aren’t cause for immediate alarm — but they do signal the need to investigate algal toxins that could affect both dolphins and humans, according t

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