- desiccation, WN died from thermal burns vecause they burned their “rudder” Ww off and they weren't able to fly. F- sometimes arrive at a reagonable solution of things that ww eee So these birds died of destecation? are happening. on CONARD: Did those birds die in one day? DONALDSON: Yes, wo 11 DONALDSON: i2 FREMONT-SMITEH: 13 14 21 a2 It seems iike it's @pretty quick death, ’ I wasn't clear what your con- ¢lusion was, DONALDSON: Desiccation, because the burns weren't there, | UPTON: But the burns prevented them from feeding, - DONALDSON: Yes, it's the cause and effect relation- ship. | UPTON: They couldn't eat and therefore they couldn't maintain their food balance, DONALDSON: 24 ROOT: 25 26 29 30 They dried out fast. cation or from thermal burns? 23 27 28 But it'a terribly hot. DUNHAM: Did you decide these fish died from desic- 19 20 These pictures were made on sub- sequent days, CONARD: 17 18 So you can by elimination Now, if I may have just.another minute or two, 10 15 16 No, they This wag obvious in the autopsy, too, DONALDSON: CONARD: Yes. Yes, Could this have been anorexia from radi- ation, loss of appetite so that they didn’t want to eat any fish? BRUES: This is the old problem that the pathologists and the epidemiologists have, 31 DONALDSON: 32 PREMONT-SMITH: 33 DONALDSON: What 1s the cause of death? That's right. Multiple causality enters into it. Surely. Multiple causes that,Sialicvc Warten DOEJUCLA /*