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From Dead Birds To Dead Fish, Crabs

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January 6, 2011 | 9:29 a.m. PST

A dead velvet swimming crab killed under more regular circumstances. (Creative Commons)
A dead velvet swimming crab killed under more regular circumstances. (Creative Commons)
Officials in England are taking advantage of recent stories about strange animal deaths to speak out about the death of 25,000 velvet swimming crabs.

Dead crabs have washed up on the Thanet Coast each of the past three years, and the best guess as to why is the cold weather. This year, the crabs started dying around Christmas and have been piling up in recent days on the beach. Birds are eating up their dead bodies.

New Years fireworks are said to have killed thousands of blackbirds in Arkansas, which still doesn't explain the death of 500 birds in Louisiana or a few hundred more dead birds in Sweden.

In Maryland, officials are saying cold water stress caused the death of about 2 million fish in Chesapeake Bay.  Arkansas just reported their own fish problem--with 100,000 fish turning up dead likely because of a disease. Several other countries have reported fish deaths too, including New Zealand and Brazil.



 

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From Dead Birds To Dead Fish, Crabs – Neon Tommy (not verified) on January 9, 2011 4:06 AM

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Anna (not verified) on January 6, 2011 6:08 PM

This is probably are magnetic changes cuz Earth is shifting. All those animals birds, fishes, crabs using magnetic fields to migrate. Somehow it is affecting them. That is what i think.

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Anonymous (not verified) on January 6, 2011 5:46 PM

I have a crazy theory about the dead birds arkansas has a lot of radioactive facilities for testing, I used to live in northwest , Ar. and you wouldnt believe what kind of government facilities you can walk up on out hunting I think it might have been an accidental release of radioactive gasses into the environment witch have now been picked up by the jet stream and is now falling back to the surface but only where a warm front and cold front meet

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Anonymous (not verified) on January 6, 2011 6:45 PM

I saw that movie. Wish I didn't waste that money going to the theater.

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Raul (not verified) on January 6, 2011 11:09 AM

you kno what i think which may sound crazy but i think its the plants. releasing a chemical in the air causing the birds to go in suicidal mode and begin killing them selves....the fire works is BullS*%@ to me and frighten bird....no...it just doesnt make scene. i think chemical is to blame...its the plants

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Raul (not verified) on January 6, 2011 11:09 AM

you kno what i think which may sound crazy but i think its the plants. releasing a chemical in the air causing the birds to go in suicidal mode and begin killing them selves....the fire works is BullS*%@ to me and frighten bird....no...it just doesnt make scene. i think chemical is to blame...its the plants

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