Thousands Of Deaths Not Uncommon
Birds and sea life deaths in quantity, right around the world
, is not an uncommon occurrence.
Arkansas authorities claim the deaths of 5,000 blackbirds are from being traumatized by New Year fireworks. However the cause of death is still being investigated.
Arkansas residents were also attempting to deal with. 100,000 bottom-feeding dead drum fish, which washed up along a 20 mile stretch on the Arkansas River. Scientists say the fish may have died through a disease that was passed from one fish to another.
A representative for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said "Dead birds have been sent to two individual labs to obtain toxicology reports".
Almost 500 small birds, including starlings, dropped onto a Louisiana Highway. It is claimed the birds have died from electrocution from power lines.
The coldest December in 25 years, is believed to have caused extreme stress to an already overpopulated species, causing the death of 2 million fish that washed up on the shores of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
Hundreds of thousands of dead fish washed ashore along the South Carolina coast, as reported by State Wildlife officials.
Dead fish washed up on the coasts of Pontal do Pontal do Parana, Guaraquecaba and Antonina, Brazil. 200 tons of mainly sardines were discovered on the beaches of Paranagua.
In New Zealand a mass of dead snapper landed on the shore of Little Bay and Waikawau Bay. Fishery officials announced the fish were unsafe to eat, as they began investigating the mass deaths.
Pigeons, plus thousands of turtle doves fell from the sky in Italy. The birds had a blue tinge to their beaks, which scientists believed indicated poisoning, or hypoxia, which is a lack of oxygen.
Sweden officials believe 50 - 100 jackdaws, found dead, died from external blows which caused internal bleeding.
Scientists believe the forty thousand dead crabs washed up on Englands beaches died from extreme cold conditions.
All of the above incidents of mass death took place in the first half of January 2011.
There have been 2900 mass deaths, across different species, between 1984 and 2009. The American Geological Service's website recorded about 90 mass deaths of birds and other wildlife just from June through December 2010.
Scores of starlings fell out of the sky into a single front garden in England in March 2010. The birds had blood oozing from their beaks and claws tightly curled.
200 birds fell out of the sky in Australia, for the second time in 7 months in 2008. The cause of death was believed to be a chemical or pollutant, as the dead seagulls were discovered close by water outfall pipes.
Five thousand birds died in December 2007 in the coastal town of Esperance, 500 km south of Perth, Australia. It is believed they were poisoned by lead carbonate blowing through the town, as it was being transported through the town to Esperance Port, for export. It is also reported that there were potentially dangerous levels of lead in the blood of both local adults and children at the time.
Several thousand grackles fell in north Louisiana in 1999. Five months later it was diagnosis as an E. coli infection of the air sacs in the birds skulls.
Yet, the largest die-off of fish was approximately 15 million in January, 1976, caused by either the die-off of microorganisms or a drop in dissolved oxygen levels.
by: lynthomas
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