"It's just an unusually high number of dead animals for it to be some type of coincidence," a representative told Newsweek.

"All three animals had encephalitis," said Wendy Noke Durden, a research scientist at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute's Melbourne Beach lab. Encephalitis can cause dolphins to circle erratically ...

Three-toed sloth babies are often seen clinging ... If caught on land, these animals have no chance to evade predators, such as big cats, and must try to defend themselves by clawing and biting.