He may have been choked or poisoned.

他可能是被掐死或毒死的。

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Additionally, these animals can become sick or poisoned after swallowing the oil.

此外，这些动物吞食原油后会生病或中毒。

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In the decade before the accompanying article was published, millions of the intelligent Marine mammals were drowned in nets or poisoned by polluted waters.

早在该文发表前的十年间，数百万聪明的海洋哺乳动物或死于人类结网捕捉或水质污染被毒死。

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No other species is prodded, discombobulated, or poisoned quite so much in the quest to protect humans, except mice.

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The Chilean authorities want to establish whether he died of cancer or was poisoned on the orders of Chile's military ruler, Gen Augusto Pinochet.

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