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Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens

Daily Mail
7.1.2011

Thousands of dead turtle doves rained down on roofs and cars in an Italian town in the latest in a growing spate of mass animal deaths across the globe.

Residents in Faenza described the birds falling to the ground like ‘little Christmas balls’ with strange blue stains on their beaks.

Initial tests on up to 8,000 of the doves indicated that the blue stain could have been caused by poisoning or hypoxia.

A witness told www.examiner.com: ‘We have no idea why this happened all of a sudden.

‘The doves just started falling one-by-one then in groups of 10s and 20s.’

Hypoxia, a lack of oxygen, is known to cause confusion and illness in animals. It is also a common precursor to altitude sickness.

Experts said results from tests on the doves will not be available for at least a week.

They said that cold weather could have caused the birds’ deaths as the flock was swept into a high-altitude wind storm before falling to the earth.

It comes after two million dead fish were found to have washed up on shores in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.

The alarming find is being blamed by authorities in Maryland on the stress caused by unusually cold water and overbreeding among spot fish.

That investigation comes just days after the deaths of an estimated 100,000 fish in northwest Arkansas, which is being blamed on disease.

A statement by the Maryland Department of the Environment said: ‘Natural causes appear to be the reason.

‘Cold water stress exacerbated by a large population of the affected species (juvenile spot fish) appears to be the cause of the kill.’

Preliminary tests of the water in Chesapeake Bay have showed the quality was acceptable, officials said.

The statement added: ‘The affected fish are almost exclusively juvenile spot fish, three to six inches in length.

‘A recent survey showed a very strong population of spot in the bay this year. An increased juvenile population and limited deep water habitat would likely compound the effects of cold water stress.’

Mass winter deaths among spot fish have occurred twice before in the Maryland area – in 1976 and 1980.

The incident is the latest mass animal death to hit the headlines in the last two weeks.

These include:

* 450 red-winged blackbirds, brown-headed cowbirds, grackles and starlings found littering a highway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
* 3,000 blackbirds on roofs and roads in the small town of Beebe, Arkansas
* Thousands of ‘devil crabs’ washed up along the Kent coast near Thanet
* Thousands of drum fish washed along a 20-mile stretch of the Arkansas River
* Two million small fish in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
* Thousands of dead fish found floating in warm Florida creek
* Hundreds of snapper fish found dead in New Zealand
* Scores of American Coots found dead on Texas highway bridge

Experts have speculated that New Year fireworks, thunderstorms, cold weather, parasites and even poisoning may be behind the deaths.

But conspiracy theorists have also speculated on the internet that secret government experiments could be behind them, with some even claiming it was a sign of a looming Armageddon at the end of the Mayan calendar next year.

Another theory is that the rapid movement of the Magnetic North Pole towards Russia may have affected the birds’ innate navigation systems.

Inbuilt navigation systems in birds and fish is believed to be affected by magnetism.

Scientists have said the Magnetic North Pole is shifting at an average of around 25 miles a year.

With birds and fish relying on it to travel to breeding grounds and warmed climes, there are fears that the shifting pole could be confusing the animals which means they do not migrate in time to avoid cold weather.

Tests are being carried out on the dead birds and fish, but results are not expected for several weeks.

Scientists have been baffled by the sudden deaths of hundreds of birds which have plummeted to the ground seemingly simultaneously in several locations.

Two hundred American Coots were found dead on a highway bridge crossing Lake O’ the Pines in Big Cypress Creek, Texas.

They are believed to have been hit by passing vehicles while walking or apparently trying to roost on the bridge.

Swedish experts blamed the shock of New Year fireworks for the unexplained deaths of 50 jackdaws found on a street in Falkoping, Sweden.

Many of the birds are believed to have died from stress or as a result of being run over while disoriented.

The largest incident took place in Beebe, Arkansas, were horrified revellers witnessed around 3,000 blackbirds crashing to their deaths into homes, cars and each other as they celebrated New Year.

Another 450 birds were found strewn along a highway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after apparently hitting overhead power lines.

In both cases, the birds are believed to have become confused and were flying at a lower height than usual.

The deaths of tons of fish across the globe is being attributed to unusually cold water.

Thousands of Brazilian fishermen have been left struggling to make ends meet after the sale of seafood was temporarily suspended when masses of fish were discovered in Paranaguá, Antonina and Guaraqueçaba Pontal do Paraná.

Fish were also discovered rotting and floating in Spruce Creek, Florida, after another period of cold weather.

100,000 drum fish were found strewn along the shore of the Arkansas River.

And the cold snap has been blamed for the deaths of 40,000 Velvet swimming crabs – known as ‘devil crabs – found littering beaches in Thanet, Kent.

19 Replies to “Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens”

  4. Signs of end time 21st December 2012 ?

    Planets in the solar system move up and down the equator of the Milky Way Galaxy. If the earth passes through the equator of the Milky Way Galaxy (which happens once every 26,000 years – this time on 21st December 2012), it will experience the greatest pull from the black hole of the Milky Way. The results are big earthquakes, big tsunami, volcano eruptions, intense solar flares which could disrupt communications, and that the earth’s axis could tilt by more than 23 degrees (many living things will die during to rapid change in climate), and the magnetic north and south poles could swap their place. The greatest fear is planet X or Nibiru may collide with the earth! Planet X may appear as the second sun in the sky months before it hits the earth.

    Well, the above is what I gathered from the Internet. You guys better use your brains to discern whether they are truths, rumors or plain lies! It is said that some countries are digging huge bunkers for the protection of their citizens. I think one of our ministers has contacted the US authorities and found that planet X or Nibiru does not exist at all.

    By the way NASA believes the 7th largest earthquake ever, occurring in Chile months ago, has caused our planet to have tilted on it’s axis by a small degree making the days shorter. New research has uncovered evidence that an Earth Axis Tilt of 12 degrees in Ten Thousand B.C. was responsible for the sudden climatic end of the Ice Age.

  5. Could this be a prelude to the Mayan prediction? Somehow the so-called ‘civilized’ societies seem to think that science can explain everything and on the other extreme like the former JKR Minister, everything is blamed on the Creator. With thick gospels from all religions, every action has a possible explanation depending on who does the talking; I for one would never accept that the Creator has no love for all creatures that HE has brought forth into this world for whatever reasons!!!

  8. When such strange things are happening…it is bad sign…that soon thousand of people will fall dead for no reasons.
    In Malaysia…I only wish UMNO B party should go to hell …where it belongs ….by 13th GE.

  11. Seriously monsterball. But hell I second you. Umnoputras go to hell. And asap. But unkowning umno supporters may be excused. Except cintanegara and gang.

    So may fish flip and birds drop, more and quickly. I Like it. He he he he.

  12. The Ides of March are come!

    Beware the Ides of March.

    Maybe najib will call for a GE on the Ides of March.

    UMNO nincompoops and its BN cadres will drop like jackdaws. And hopefully, on the ides of March.

  13. dagen…lets hope cintanegara will share the same prison cell and that’s hell..life for them when the UMNO B party can go to hell.
    Two months later…his berak hole is as big as a tennis ball..then only he will learn…..but too late..sad sad sad.
    yes yes yes…unkowningly UMNO B supporters …all excused.

  15. the scariest part… after ge13. if… ???
    the perkasa, police and army under bn umno rule will be ready to roll in. it happened once, it may happen again. democratic in malaysia is just pieces of paper…

  18. Many are not ready for the end of the world, not ready to meet our Creator, not ready to move away from this sinful world. But many are experimenting with weapons of mass destruction. It does not have to be a nuclear bomb only. It can be anything that can be used once and destroy a whole lot. Natural elements can be harassed to be turned into WMD. Many years ago, some people experimented with radio signals that caused blackouts in many places. People must know what they are facing.

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