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Thousands of Dead Fish on Folly Beach, South Carolina
Thousands of dead fish washed up on Folly Beach. City officials tell News 2 the first report of the fish came in just before dark on Wednesday. Mark Williams with the Department of Health and Environmental Control assessed the fish. He says he found them in a line from about 3rd Ave. East to 5th Ave. West. Williams says the fish are Menhaden fish, a commons small bait fish. Read more.
Birds Dying In Italy: Thousands Of Turtle Doves Fall Dead From Sky
On Wednesday, GeaPress reported hundreds — possibly thousands — of dead and dying birds in Italy. Countless turtle doves were found scattered in the streets, in flower beds and hanging tragically from trees “like Christmas balls” in the town of Faenza. Many of the birds that fell dead from the sky were discovered with a mysterious blue stain in their beaks. Read more.
Record Manatee Deaths in Florida Due to Cold Stress
State wildlife officials said 429 manatees died in Florida last year, nearly 100 more deaths than in 2008. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Wednesday the increased deaths can be attributed, in part, to cold stress during the winter months of 2008 and 2009. Read more.
Residents Gather, Eat Dead Fish Floating in Barangay Ibo
Maribel Mori asked her teenage son to fetch water yesterday morning. Michael John came back with a pail of fish locally known as “potpot.” He and other residents had collected the fish, which were floating dead along the coastal waters of barangay Ibo, in Lapu-Lapu City. A few hours after eating the fish, which was cooked with vinegar as inun-onan for breakfast, Maribel was at the barangay health center complaining of nausea, vomiting and headache. Read more.
Nearly 70 Dead Bats Found in Tucson
Nearly 70 bats have been found dead in Tucson and Arizona Game and Fish officials are searching for answers. One possibility is unseasonably warm temperatures in the city. Game and Fish officials say the bats are Mexican free-tailed and should have migrated to Mexico two months ago. Read more.
40,000 Crabs Join Slew of Animal-Death Mysteries
First, it was birds falling from the sky, then thousands of dead fish washing up on shore. Now, more than 40,000 Velvet swimming crabs have wound up dead on England beaches. The possible reason? Hypothermia. The Thanet shoreline is littered with the crabs, along with dead starfish, lobsters, sponges and anemones. Read more.
Thousands Of Fish Dead In Spruce Creek Florida
Thousands of dead fish were floating in Volusia County Tuesday. They were all in Spruce Creek in Port Orange. The fish kill is unusual because it is warm, according to people who live along the creek. Read more.
Dead Birds in Sweden, Millions of Dead Fish in Maryland, Brazil and New Zealand
Dead Birds in Sweden, more dead fish in Maryland, New Zealand and Brazil are now added to the phenomenon of dead birds and dead fish reported yesterday in three US states. Dead birds fell from the skies over Arizona, Louisiana, and Kentucky in the last few days. This, coupled with the thousands of dead fish in the Arkansas river is a growing mystery that can be described as somewhat eerie. Read more.
Now East Texas Also Reports Hundreds of Dead Birds
Texans are observing hundreds of dead birds on an East Texas bridge, according to a breaking report by KLTV in Tyler. This latest discovery compounds the mystery of recent reported discoveries of dozens, hundreds, even thousands of dead birds and fish documented in the southern United States as well as dead wildlife reports in other parts of the world this week. Read more.
Thousands of Birds Fall From the Sky in South America
Mysterious Mass Death Kill of Fish in Brazil
If “cold weather” is being blamed for all the dead fish washing ashore in Maryland, did the “warm weather” kill these? See here.
Mass Louisiana Bird Deaths Puzzle Investigators
Hundreds of dead and dying birds littered a quarter-mile stretch of highway in Pointe Coupee Parish on Monday as motorists drove over and around them. State biologists are trying to determine what led to the deaths of the estimated 500 red-winged blackbirds and starlings on La. 1 just down the road from Pointe Coupee Central High School. Read more.




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