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When Planet X entered the inner Solar System in late 2002 - early 2003, it was not just the Earth that reacted, as it did with an increase in earthquakes, volcanism and extreme weather, the animal life on Earth also started showing signs of the approaching monster.
The most noticeable symptoms were:
- Crazy Animal Behaviour: Reports of bizarre behaviour including animal attacks from normally passive creatures and spiders spinning webs over whole fields.
- Confused Animals: Whales and dolphins stranding themselves on beaches in droves or getting lost upstream in coastal rivers.
- Large fish and bird kills: Flocks of birds falling dead from the sky and shoals of fish dying and floating to the surface of lakes, rivers and washing up along coastlines.
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Crazy Animal Behaviour
Reports of crazy animal behaviour have included sheep that charged a farmer’s wife off a cliff, deer attacking a car and rabbits biting pedestrians. Spiders have spun webs over whole fields and caterpillar larvae have covered whole trees in silk.
As usual, the Zetas explain the true causes:
http://www.zetatalk.com/transfor/t154.htm (Jan 11th 2003)
Animal behavior also has been noted as almost crazed, where animals normally passive and seeking to avoid confrontation will attack with provocation, or fly in the wrong direction during migration. This is due to signals the animals or insects get from the core of the Earth, signals not known to man, but nonetheless there. [……] Spiders weaving webs to an extreme so that acres are covered under webs, get noted, but the base behavior is normal for a spider. EOZT
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Confused Animals
Other erratic behaviour among animals included a seeming loss of direction with whales and dolphins swimming inland and stranding themselves on beaches.
Unreliable Compasses (March 28th, 2009)
The compass is unreliable for the past few years, and lately has gotten very extreme in its variance. Many animals and insects have a biological compass, recording during migrations where that compass laid, and when taking a return trip relying on the recording to guide them back. If the Earth's N Pole swings away from the press of Planet X, which is increasingly pointing its N Pole at the Earth, then these animals are not given correct clues and aim for land or up a river. Sad to say, this will only get worse as the last weeks and the pole shift loom on the horizon. EOZT
Are due to the Magnetic Clash (July 1st, 2006)
The compass anomaly, swinging to the East, is indicative of the Earth adjusting to the approach of Planet X and the clash of their magnetic fields. The change is indicative of a clash in magnetic fields as Planet X comes ever closer to the Earth, their fields touching. It is the combined field that Earth must adjust to, and continue to adjust to, not the exact position of the N Pole of Planet X within these fields, and the Sun's magnetic field enters into the equation too. This dramatic change, noted by a conscientious tracker, checking dual compasses daily for years, indicates that the Earth is trying to align side-by-side with Planet X, bringing its magnetic N Pole to point toward the Sun, as Planet X is currently doing in the main. These adjustments are temporary, and change about, as magnets can make dramatic and swift changes in their alignment with each other. Put a number of small magnets on a glass, with iron ore dust, and move a large magnet about under them, and watch the jerking about they do. Are we saying the Earth's magnetic field is going to get more erratic in the future, dramatically so? There is no question that this will be one of the signs that will come, yet another not covered by the Global Warming excuse. EOZT
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Large fish and bird kills
Hundreds, if not thousands, of these events have taken place with the frequency increasing year on year. Poignant examples include the 20 tonnes of dead herring which washed ashore in Norway and 1200 pelicans found on a beach in Peru.
Earth Farts (January 9th, 2007)
We have explained, in great detail, that the stretch zone does not register great quakes when rock layers pull apart and sink, as this is a silent Earth change. Nancy has carefully documented breaking water and gas mains, derailing trains, dislocating bridge abutments, mining accidents, and outbreaks of factory explosions, showing that these have occurred in rashes on occasion, when the rock layers pulled apart. [……] In September-October of 2005, a smell of rotten eggs was sensed from LA to Thunder Bay on Lake Superior to the New England states and throughout the South-Eastern US. We explained at that time that this was due to rock layers being pulled apart, releasing gas from moldering vegetation trapped during prior pole shifts, when rock layers were jerked about, trapping vegetation. We explained in March of 2002 that black water off the coast of Florida was caused by this phenomena. Do these fumes cause people to sicken, and birds to die? Mining operations of old had what they called the canary in a birdcage, to warn the miners of methane gas leaks. Birds are very sensitive to these fumes, and die, and this is indeed what happened in Austin, TX. Were it not for the explosions associated with gas leaks, it would be common knowledge that gas leaks sicken, as the body was not structured to breathe such air for long. EOZT
Zetatalk Explanation (January 8th, 2011)
Dead fish and birds falling from the sky are being reported worldwide, suddenly. This is not a local affair, obviously. Dead birds have been reported in Sweden and N America, and dead fish in N America, Brazil, and New Zealand. Methane is known to cause bird dead, and as methane rises when released during Earth shifting, will float upward through the flocks of birds above. But can this be the cause of dead fish? If birds are more sensitive than humans to methane release, fish are likewise sensitive to changes in the water, as anyone with an aquarium will attest. Those schools of fish caught in rising methane bubbles during sifting of rock layers beneath them will inevitably be affected. Fish cannot, for instance, hold their breath until the emergency passes! Nor do birds have such a mechanism. EOZT
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Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_26218882/water-off-ca...
Water off Capitola Beach cleared by police after unknown substance found in water
CAPITOLA >> A bizarre scene unfolded at the beach in Capitola on Friday afternoon with thousands of dead fish on the beach and a paste-like substance in the water.
Though it's unclear if the substance led to the death of the fish, police cleared the water as a precautionary measure.
About 3 p.m., there was a report of a tan, paste-like substance floating on the surface of the ocean near Esplanade Park, Sgt. Cliff Sloma said.
"There's an unknown type substance in the water and as a precautionary measure, we've had people exit the water," Sloma said.
Central Fire and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife were on scene to assist as was Santa Cruz County's environmental health team.
While people were permitted on the beach, lifeguards were keeping people from entering the water for precautionary measures, Sloma said.
Early Friday morning, beachgoers discovered thousands of dead anchovies washed up on shore adjacent to the pasty patch in the water. The fish lined the beach between the Esplanade and New Brighton State Beach.
About 6:30 a.m., Soquel resident Terri Morgan said she didn't know what to make of the scene as she and her dog, Buster, walked the beach.
"It was like the whole beach was covered," said Morgan, who works as a freelance writer for the Sentinel.
The fish were mostly anchovies, Morgan said.
Morgan said it was difficult not to step on a fish as she walked along the beach.
"It was almost kind of mind-blowing," she said. "I know it happens every summer somewhere along the coast but it was just like 'oh wow.'"
Sloma said it's unclear if the anchovies washing on shore and the substance in the water were related.
"The anchovies dying off is a regular thing at this time of the year," Sloma said. "I can't say whether it's connected or not."
The fish in Capitola come a week after a similar scene at Manresa State Beach where thousands of dead white croaker fish covered about 700 yards of beach. Fish and Wildlife officials believe the fish met their demise when they were mistakenly caught in the net of an unknown squid boat before being released.
Jul 26, 2014
Howard
'Biblical' Mayfly Hatch Marauds Midwestern U.S. (Jul 20)
The unusually large annual swarm rose above La Crosse, Wisconsin from the river on Sunday evening in a dark cloud so dense it caused a three-car roadway collision, blacked out the sun and even registered on weather radar.
At the outset, the Mississippi River produced a huge radar echo, as the mayflies emerged from the water and became airborne.
In addition to the swarm briefly darkening out the sun this year, the less fortunate mayflies that found themselves smashed on the road became a thick, oily sludge that resulted in car accidents.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that a Wisconsin road became so slick from the mayflies Sunday evening it caused at least one of the drivers involved in a three-car crash to lose control of her vehicle. They also noted the limited visibility at the time of the crash.
Two people were injured in the crash, but only one person was taken to a local hospital.
Sources
http://news.discovery.com/animals/insects/massive-mayfly-invasion-m...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2701519/Massive-mayfly-swar...
http://socialnewsdaily.com/41458/end-of-days-images-of-biblical-may...
Jul 28, 2014
Tracie Crespo
http://news.msn.com/offbeat/dead-anchovies-delight-sea-birds-disgus...
Dead anchovies delight sea birds, disgust Oregon beach town
"It's certainly pungent," said Erin Paxton of the town's Oregon Coast Aquarium, describing the mass of tiny dead fish littering the banks of the Necanicum River, which parallels the coastline behind the beach before flowing into the Pacific
The anchovy die-off likely resulted from an upwell in ocean nutrients that allowed for an expansion of phytoplankton, microscopic plant-like organisms, which in turn reduced oxygen levels and turned the water more acidic than normal, Paxton said.
The anchovies were already weakened when they hit the mouth of the river, then "were at the mercy of the tide" as they were drawn upstream, she explained.
Thousands of fish have died since Monday, providing a buffet for pelicans and seagulls but leaving visitors alarmed by the sight of anchovy carcasses, according to the Daily Astorian.
The decaying fish also made for some unwelcome odors in town, which lies about 80 miles northwest of Portland.
"I'm sure the seabirds are happy and residents are holding their noses," Paxton said.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere from Seattle; Editing by Steve Gorman and Sandra Maler)
Jul 31, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wgal.com/news/-hundreds-of-birds-found-dead-in-lancaster...!bsCdVr
Hundreds of birds found dead in Lancaster County
Five birds sent to lab in Georgia for testing
LEOLA, Pa. —People in several Lancaster County communities are finding dead birds. News Katelyn Smith looked into what may have killed them.
Aug 1, 2014
Howard
Millions of Jellyfish-like Creatures Wash Ashore on U.S. West Coast Beaches (Aug 1)
First-hand accounts say that beaches are "gleaming" with the creatures, which give off an unpleasant odour at times.
While not poisonous, the jellies possess a venom that can irritate the eyes and the mouth, prompting ocean experts to advise the public to avoid affected beaches.
Scientists aren't sure why they're arriving in such numbers but they suspect it may have something to do with the unusual wind patterns recorded over the past few months.
Though often mistaken for jellyfish, each velella velella is actually made up of a colony of smaller creatures called hydrozoans that bond together, resembling a single organism.
A single velella is a party all in itself, being a "hydroid polyp" composed of separate organisms feeding in harmony under a triangle-shaped sail. They use this sail to float on the water's surface in huge drifts.
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/millions-of-jellyfis...
http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/08/ocean-creatures-velella-beac...
Aug 2, 2014
Howard
Dead Fish Close California Harbor (Jul 31)
Armed with nets, workers skimmed the ocean surface between the docks Thursday and filled giant dumpsters.
There were thousands of dead fish floating on the surface, but there were thousands more dead on the bottom.
"I don't know if I've seen it this bad in a number of years," said Steve Peters, water quality specialist for Santa Cruz County. "It's pretty widespread."
"Anchovies for the last five to 10 years were in serious absence here," according to Baldo Marinovic, a biologist at UC Santa Cruz.
"The big unanswered question is: why did they suddenly come back and why were they gone?"
Sources
http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Anchovy-die-off-causes-disrup...
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014/08/01/Hundreds-o...
http://www.ksbw.com/news/central-california/santa-cruz/cleanup-orga...!buD3fq
Aug 3, 2014
Howard
3 Extremely Rare Opah Fish Caught off San Diego (Jul 30)
Opah, also known as Moonfish, are a rare catch for recreational fisherman since they don't travel in schools and therefore aren't commercially fished either.
Opah also aren't known to stray often into southern California waters, preferring warmer waters in tropical and sub-tropical seas.
'It’s the fish of a lifetime,' National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration researcher Owyn Snodgrass said. 'It’s like winning the lottery. Nobody is expecting one of these.'
Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2717373/Lucky-anglers-catch...
Aug 7, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/top-stories/fish-die-after...
Fish die after fall in Ringstead lake’s oxygen levels
Fish by the side of Kinewell Lake, Ringstead
Published on the09August
2014
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Thousands of fish have died after oxygen levels in the water crashed to low levels.
A reader contacted the Northamptonshire Telegraph after seeing dozens of dead fish piled up on the bank by Kinewell Lake last week.
The dead fish found at the lake in Ringstead include roach, bream and some carp.
A spokesman for the Environment Agency, which has been out to investigate the problem, said: “We had reports of dead fish in the lakes and we investigated at the end of last week.
“Dissolved oxygen levels in the water had crashed to about eight per cent when normally they are 70 to 80 per cent but had already started rising by themselves.
“This was due to atmospheric pressure and was a natural cause.
“Thousands of fish died, mostly roach and bream with a few carp.
“There were still live fish in the water.
“It is unlikely that the lakes can be restocked until later in the year as these conditions can happen repeatedly in the summer months when the weather is hot.”
Kinewell Lake is a former gravel pit alongside the river Nene in Ringstead, which is owned by the village and managed by Kinewell Lake Trust.
A spokesman for East Northamptonshire Council said: “Kinewell Lake at Ringstead is owned by Ringstead Parish Council and so they have been liaising with the Environment Agency about the death of fish in the lake.
“The parish council should make their own provision for disposing of the fish and will work with the Environment Agency to ensure the water returns to a suitable standard for fishing stock.”
Aug 9, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.sott.net/article/283540-Two-headed-dolphin-washes-up-on-...
Two-headed dolphin washes up on Turkish beach
The body of a two-headed dolphin has washed up on a beach in Turkey this week
The conjoined corpse was seen floating onto the shore in Izmir on Turkey's west coast on Monday by sports teacher Tugrul Metin.
The dead dolphin was believed to be a one-year-old calf measuring just 3.2ft in length.
It had two heads but merged to share just one tail.
Mr Metin, 39, said: 'I noticed the dolphin in the sea and watched as it washed on to the beach.
'I couldn't take it in at first - I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me - I've never even heard about a dolphin like this let alone seen one with my own eyes - I was completely shocked.'
The stunned teacher called the police who came and removed the dolphin to a laboratory for further investigation.
Early reports said the eyes on one of the dolphin heads were not properly opened - neither was one of the blow holes.
Associate professor Mehmet Gokoglu from the marine-biology department at the Ak Deniz University said he welcomed the opportunity to study the strange dolphin adding: 'Such a dolphin is a very rare occurance - similar to the occurrence of conjoined human twins'.
Aug 11, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2014-08-10/article-3829947/...
More than 1,000 fish found dead in the North River
More than 1,000 dead fish were collected from the North River in central P.E.I. on Sunday after someone saw the fish and contacted environmental officials on Saturday.
There were four species recovered along 3.5 kilometres of the river, including rainbow trout, brook trout, Atlantic salmon and stickleback. This is the first fish kill on the Island this year.
Water samples were taken revealing oxygen levels and quality were good and the fish appeared healthy and fed, said Rosie MacFarlane, a provincial fisheries biologist.
“You don’t see it in a healthy stream at any given time, you don’t see that number of dead fish.”
MacFarlane said it has been at least three days since the fish died and many were starting to rot during the cleanup Sunday.
“It was a sudden event. They all died at the same time.”
The cleanup will continue through Monday and the Cornwall watershed group has offered to help finish the cleanup, she said.
“It’s unfortunate that we have had another fish kill, particularly in the form of Atlantic salmon. There are so few rivers left with salmon populations.”
MacFarlane said this kill will set salmon populations back in North River.
An investigation is underway with Environment Canada and conservation officers from the province to determine what killed the fish.
Aug 11, 2014
Howard
Mysterious Mass Fish Die-off Hits Belle River Ontario (Aug 15)
Thousands of dead fish — mostly three-inch-long shad, but also larger carp, pike and more — started floating to the surface around 5 p.m. Thursday, with more popping up throughout the day Friday.
Most of the fish have collected in the north side of a small bridge over the Belle River Canal, where there is little current to carry them away. A foul smell hovers over the area, as well.
“It’s scary, it really is,” said Jennifer Poisson, who has never seen anything like it in the 40 years she has lived in the area. “It’s a mystery.”
Poisson said catfish, bass, perch, crappy, sun fish and others have been uncharacteristically swimming at the surface, seemingly fighting for oxygen.
“This is very concerning,” Poisson said. “People fish here all the time. And we don’t know why they’re dying."
“Now the larger fish — the carp, catfish, pike — are not getting enough oxygen and they’re dying."
“Certainly the residents are concerned. You can imagine what the smell’s like. As the fish are beginning to rot, the smell’s getting stronger,” Lakeshore Mayor Tom Bain said.
Source
http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/mysterious-mass-fish-die-off-hits...
Aug 17, 2014
Howard
Tidal Pool 'Iced Over' With Dead Fish in Plymouth UK (Aug 23)
Peter Wilkes and his fiance Carla Hosking were out enjoying a Sunday morning stroll with their 20-month-old son James when they thought they saw the pool at Firestone Bay looking as if it had “iced over”.
On closer inspection, they found that it was the reflection of thousands of dead small dead fish which had become trapped in the shallow water.
“We saw the pond and it looked almost iced-over,” said train-station worker Mr Wilkes.
“A lot of people were taking photos and we went down to take a closer look.
"There were little girls trying to push the fish back into the tidal pool to keep them alive.
“There were hundreds of thousands of whitebait. I would say about 90 per cent of them were dead.
"Some were still flapping about on the concrete or swimming about over the dead ones lying at the bottom of the pool.
"I don’t think the others will survive very long.
“A lot of people were saying the fish might have run out of oxygen.
Source
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Thousands-whitebait-fish-die-gettin...
Aug 24, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://yamkin.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/thousands-of-dead-fish-found...
Thousands of dead fish found washed up on a beach in California, America
August 24 2014
A bizarre scene unfolded at the beach in Capitola on Friday afternoon with thousands of dead fish on the beach and a paste-like substance in the water.
Though it’s unclear if the substance led to the death of the fish, police cleared the water as a precautionary measure.
About 3 p.m., there was a report of a tan, paste-like substance floating on the surface of the ocean near Esplanade Park, Sgt. Cliff Sloma said.
“There’s an unknown type substance in the water and as a precautionary measure, we’ve had people exit the water,” Sloma said.
Central Fire and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife were on scene to assist as was Santa Cruz County’s environmental health team.
While people were permitted on the beach, lifeguards were keeping people from entering the water for precautionary measures, Sloma said.
Early Friday morning, beachgoers discovered thousands of dead anchovies washed up on shore adjacent to the pasty patch in the water. The fish lined the beach between the Esplanade and New Brighton State Beach.
About 6:30 a.m., Soquel resident Terri Morgan said she didn’t know what to make of the scene as she and her dog, Buster, walked the beach.
“It was like the whole beach was covered,” said Morgan, who works as a freelance writer for the Sentinel.
The fish were mostly anchovies, Morgan said.
Morgan said it was difficult not to step on a fish as she walked along the beach.
“It was almost kind of mind-blowing,” she said. “I know it happens every summer somewhere along the coast but it was just like ‘oh wow.'”
Sloma said it’s unclear if the anchovies washing on shore and the substance in the water were related.
“The anchovies dying off is a regular thing at this time of the year,” Sloma said. “I can’t say whether it’s connected or not.”
The fish in Capitola come a week after a similar scene at Manresa State Beach where thousands of dead white croaker fish covered about 700 yards of beach. Fish and Wildlife officials believe the fish met their demise when they were mistakenly caught in the net of an unknown squid boat before being released.
Aug 24, 2014
Mark
Hundreds of 'toxic' methane vents discovered in the Atlantic's depths
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2733719/Hundreds-met...
Scientists have been left shocked by the surprising appearance of hundreds of methane vents off the US East Coast.
More than 500 vents have been found where methane is seeping into the ocean.
The study published in Nature Geosciences was carried out by researchers from Mississippi State University, the US Geological Survey (USGS) and other institutions.
The research suggests that natural methane leakage from the seafloor is far more widespread in the US Atlantic than previously thought.
In total more than 570 seafloor cold seeps were observed between Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and Georges Bank, Massachusetts.
Aug 25, 2014
Howard
Billions of Locusts Swarm Madagascar Capital (Aug 28)
The thick grey swarm engulfed Antananarivo, sending children scuttling in panic with countless thousands raining down dead on to the streets.
Locust swarms are common in Madagascar but have grown uncontrollable in recent years -- often with terrible consequences.
Locust plagues have damaged Madagascar's farmland for the past three years, as in the biblical story, prompting the government in November 2012 to declare a national emergency and allow the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to launch a pesticide campaign in September 2013.
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated the ongoing locust plague in the African nation threatens the livelihoods of 13 million people, with 9 million of them earning a living on agriculture.
"Locust infestations, if untreated, could wipe out food crops and livestock grazing lands – and with it a family’s ability to provide for itself," according to FAO.
The head of the FAO's locust campaign in the country said Thursday's swarm is highly unusual for the city.
Sources
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/29/this-v...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2736953/Plague-locusts-swar...
http://news.yahoo.com/locust-plague-descends-madagascar-capital-175...
Aug 30, 2014
Howard
50 Tons of Dead Fish in Mexico's Lake Cajititlán (Sep 1)
Over 53 metric tons of dead popoche chub fish were removed at the weekend from Lake Cajititlán, a lagoon in the central state of Jalisco.
Fishermen, firefighters, town hall workers and staff from the state agricultural ministry using shovels, a bulldozer, boats and wheel barrels removed the dead fish. The workers wore masks to ward off the smell of rotting fish and buried them in a pit.
The incident comes after of a series of smaller waves of dead popoche chub in the lake in recent months, including one last week, ensuring that 2014 is already by far the worst year for the species.
It was the fourth time this year there has been a die-off at the lake, which sits between Guadalajara and Lake Chapala.
The authorities in the lakeside town of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, about 25 minutes' drive south of the city of Guadalajara, had previously blamed the deaths on "a cyclical phenomenon caused by temperature variations and the reduction of oxygen".
The small, finger-sized fish are apparently a type of chub. The cause of the die-off has not been determined; samples of the dead fish have been sent to laboratories for testing.
Sources
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/mexico-baffled-death-f...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29011056
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-sees-massive-f...
Sep 2, 2014
Howard
3 Mass Bird Deaths in Pennsylvania (Jul 27)
“It appears they were literally blown into the tree branches, the ground — even into each other,” says Greg Graham, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s wildlife conservation officer for northeastern Lancaster County.
“It doesn’t happen often.”
Since then, two Amish publications reported two other large bird kills on the same night. Graham was unaware of the incidents until contacted by a reporter.
Die Botschaff, a weekly newspaper based in Millersburg, noted that 270 birds, mostly blackbirds, were picked up in a church parking lot in the Gordonville area.
The Diary, a monthly Amish publication out of Gordonville, similarly reported that 130 dead sparrows were found at a location in Bird-in-Hand.
The initial incident caused widespread speculation about what killed the birds. Some theories by Graham and residents included a lightning strike, hail, poison left for nuisance birds on a farm, hypothermia, drinking from a pond tainted by antifreeze and a toxic chemical trail left by a jet.
All the birds had died of traumatic injuries. The cause, veterinarians at the Georgia lab concluded, was a meteorological oddity.
Source
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/mystery-solved-unusual-microb...
Sep 2, 2014
Howard
Rare Ocean Sunfish Found on Washington Coast (Aug 27)
It was found dead on the beach at low tide Aug. 27 by children after a campfire program, said June Mohler, a biological technician from Troutdale, Oregon, working this summer as an interpretive assistant at the park.
"It's really an odd-looking fish," she said Friday. It was taller - 82 inches from fin to fin - than its 70-inch length.
Mohler estimated it weighed close to 300 pounds.
There was no obvious cause of death. A few days later, it had washed back into the ocean, Mohler said.
Source
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20140905_ap_6072cb29...
Sep 6, 2014
Derrick Johnson
‘Extremely rare’ wahoo fish caught
DANA POINT, Calif. — A deep-sea fisherman made an “extremely rare” catch 12 miles off the coast of Dana Point, Calif., according to KCAL.
Angler Eric Kim became the first in California waters to catch a wahoo fish, the Balboa Angling Club announced on Facebook last week.
Scientists believe it might be the first wahoo ever caught off the United States’ Pacific Coast.
The fish weighed in at 50.1 pounds and was 60 inches long.
Wahoo are often known to frequent tropical and sub-tropical seas, from Cabo San Lucas and south to the equator, but are not common off the United States’ Pacific Coast.
Source: http://myfox8.com/2014/09/08/extremely-rare-wahoo-fish-caught/
Sep 9, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/629021
Flood of dead fish along coast surprises Qatif, Saudi Arabia
MYSTERY: The dead fish along the coast of Qatif. (AN photo)
DAMMAM: SULTAN AL-SUGHAIR
Published — Friday 12 September 2014
Thousands of dead fish have appeared along the coast of Qatif amid hide tides, prompting authorities to launch an investigation into the bizarre incident.
“The Presidency of Metrology and Environment (PME) and the Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAF) were immediately tasked with investigating the first-of-its-kind situation,” said Al-Arqoubi.
“Qatif’s municipality sent a team of specialists to find out why the fish had died. The team took samples from the dead fish and the water for examination. Preliminary results from the fish autopsy have not indicated contamination,” he added.
“The municipal team suggested that they died in shallow waters near the coast, especially since only small fish had been found lifeless along the coast, meaning that they had come for food, but had gotten stuck in the low tides and were unable to swim back. Samples confirmed that the fish lacked oxygen, supporting this theory,” he explained.
Nabil Al-Fatya, fish resource director at the Agriculture Ministry, said: “We are awaiting the results of these tests, which will take 48 hours.”
Fish market vendors, meanwhile, fear that illegal laborers will attempt to collect dead fish and sell them in the market or on the streets.
The vendors, however, have stressed that the market will not suffer a fish supply shortage and the Eastern Province municipality has warned vendors from putting peoples’ health at risk by selling fish that may not be fit for consumption, while confirming that inspectors are on full alert for violations.
Sep 13, 2014
Howard
Three-eyed Cow Hailed as the God Shiva in India (Sept 16)
A three-eyed cow is being hailed as the incarnation of the Hindu god Shiva in India.
Cows are considered sacred in Hindu culture -- but a three-eyed cow represents another level of worship.
In the Kolathur village of Tamil Nadu, the animal is being called a "miracle". Its third eye is drawing comparisons to the Lord Shiva, one of the primary Hindu gods, who also had a third eye.
The cow's owners believe the calf is an incarnation of the god and was sent to bring good luck to the village.
Crowds have flocked to visit the calf, who seems to be unaffected by his new-found fame.
Sources
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/three-eyed-cow-haile...
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140916/nation-current-affairs/articl...
ZetaTalk Newsletter: December 15, 2013
In India the myths surrounding Shiva point to Nibiru, as the god Shiva represents that planet and its destructive power, and Kali, his bride, is the Earth’s Dark Twin. Does this relay the dance of the planets better than astrophysics? Analogies are often used in mythology.
http://www.iloveindia.com/spirituality/gods/shiva/legends.html
Sep 17, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/thousands-of-fish-found-myste...
Thousands of fish found mysteriously floating dead in east London park lake
An investigation is underway after thousands of dead fish were found floating in an east London park lake.
The grim discovery was made by volunteers in Harrow Lodge Park, Havering, over the weekend.
Havering Council has launched an environmental health investigation to find out what caused the mass death.
Councillor Melvin Wallace said: “We’re still trying to determine the exact cause of the incident.
“We believe it’s either due to an extensive amount of un-oxygenated water that entered the lake due to the heavy rainfall over the weekend, or a possible pollutant
Council staff have since removed the fish from the lake.
Sep 24, 2014
Mario Valencia-Rojas
New Jersey hiker mauled by black bear, body found in woods with animal nearby
A Rutgers University student hiking in the woods of northern New Jersey was mauled to death Sunday by a 300-pound black bear in what authorities said was a highly unusual attack.
Darsh Patel, 22, a senior majoring in information technology and informatics, was killed in a heavily wooded area known as the Apshawa Preserve after becoming separated from a group of four friends with whom he was hiking, West Milford Township Police Chief Timothy Storbeck said in a statement.
"The group of five hikers encountered a black bear in the woods that began to follow them, they became frightened and attempted to flee the area," the statement said. "During the confusion, the group became separated as they ran in different directions."
Four of the young men later found one another and contacted police. Patel's body was later discovered in the woods, with the bear still about 30 to 40 yards away.
"Evidence at the scene indicated that the victim had been attacked by a bear," said the statement, adding that the bear was "euthanized" at the scene.
Black bears, which are common in New Jersey, have been seen in all of the state's 21 counties. But encounters with human as well as attacks are unusual, said LawrenceHajna, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection.
"It's an unfortunate and tragic accident," Hajna said. "It's a rare situation."
The 4-year-old male bear, which wasn't tagged, was being examined to determine why it went after the hikers.
Hajna advised people who encounter bears to remain calm and do not run. Make sure the bear has an escape route. Avoid direct eye contact, back up slowly and speak with a low but assertive voice. "It's easier said than done," he said.
source- http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/us/new-jersey-bear-attack/
Sep 24, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wect.com/story/26647986/dozens-of-dead-sharks-wash-ashor...
Dozens of dead sharks found washed ashore on Oak Island
Posted: Sep 28, 2014 4:38 PM EDT
OAK ISLAND, NC (WECT) -
The NC Division of Marine Fisheries is investigating after dozens of dead sharks were found washed ashore on a popular beach strand in Brunswick County on Sunday morning.
Michael Boswell, a local resident, was walking on the beach when he spotted "approximately 50 dead sharks" on the sand near Southeast 64th Street in Oak Island.
The unidentified sharks range in size from approximately 1'-5'.
Boswell said he reported the discovery to police in Oak Island. Since the initial report, the sharks have been picked up and removed from the beach strand.
However, since the sharks were found below the tide line, this issue is under the jurisdiction of the NC Division of Marine Fisheries.
The exact cause of death for the sharks is still undetermined. According to Patricia Smith, a public information officer with that agency, crews are on their way to Oak Island to investigate the matter.
Sep 29, 2014
SongStar101
35,000 Walruses Are All Crowded Together In One Spot — And It Signals Something Ominous
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/35-000-walruses-crowded-together-1514...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) photographed a gathering of 35,000 of the mammals five miles north of Point Lay, an Inupiat Eskimo village 700 miles northwest of Anchorage.
The retreat of the Alaskan sea ice north into Arctic Ocean water has accelerated in recent years. It's bad news for the Pacific walruses, which rely on it for everything from giving birth to diving down to reach the food below.
The huge mammals have been seen gathering in large groups on the Russian side of the Chukchi Sea since 2007 . The walruses came back again in 2009, and again in 2011, when scientists counted some 30,000 of the animals along a half-mile stretch of beach near Point Lay.
“It’s another remarkable sign of the dramatic environmental conditions changing as the result of sea ice loss,” Margaret Williams, managing director of the World Wildlife Fund's Arctic program, told The Guardian.
At least 1,500 walruses gathered in recent weeks on the northwest coast of Alaska.
Pacific walruses also gathered in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska.
Thousands of walruses hauled out of the sea on a remote barrier island in the Chukchi Sea near Point Lay. The Pacific walruses have gone ashore on Alaska's northwest coast and are bunched along a beach near the village of Point Lay. Early on Sept. 12, the National Marine Fisheries Service counted 1,500 to 4,000 walruses. Nearly 10,000 had assembled by the end of the day.
Oct 3, 2014
SongStar101
Iceland's Seabird Colonies Are Vanishing, With "Massive" Chick Deaths
Climate and ocean changes blamed for huge losses of puffins, kittiwakes, and terns.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140827-seabird-puff...
FLATEY ISLAND, Iceland—When the days grew long, seabirds flocked to this hamlet on the edge of the Arctic to rear their chicks under the midnight sun.
"Kria," shrieked the terns, calling summer up from the slumbering ground. Black cliffs were transformed into snowbanks of white kittiwakes. Puffins whirred between land and sea. Murres plied the shoreline; fulmars patrolled the skies. Everywhere sounded their vibrant chorus.
These days, a few stubborn holdovers streak the sky and paddle the bay, but the legions are gone. The chicks have perished, and their bereft parents have returned to the sea.
Half of Iceland's seabirds nest on this low-lying volcanic outcropping and its neighboring islands in the deep west coast gash called Breidafjordur Bay. Flatey Island used to be covered with chicks snuggled inside rocky hillside burrows, under tall meadow grass, in nests strewn across headlands and shores.
"There were thousands! You could hear them," says Olina Jonsdottir, who has lived on this island with her husband, Hafsteinn Gudmundsson, nearly 50 years. She looks out her living room window, past the sheep grazing on knuckles of grass-covered lava, past the black basalt beach, to the few birds drifting over the water beyond. "You can't do that anymore. Now there are so few."
Iceland, circled by the food-rich currents of Atlantic, Arctic, and polar waters, is the Serengeti for fish-eating birds. Its rocky coast, hillocky fields, and jutting sea cliffs are breeding grounds for 23 species of Atlantic seabirds, hosting an indispensable share of Atlantic puffins, black murres, razorbills, great skuas, northern fulmars, and black-legged kittiwakes.
But the nests have gone empty in the past few years, and colonies throughout the North Atlantic are shrinking.
Oct 7, 2014
Howard
Birds Fall Dead From the Sky in Western India (Oct 18)
Source
http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/ahmedabad/others/Birds-fall-dead-fro...
Oct 18, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
Dead fish on banks of Neuse river.
http://www.nanoexpressnews.com/dead-fish-banks-neuse-river-cause-al...
Oct 29, 2014
Yvonne Lawson
Deadly Japanese Pufferfish found washed up on Dorset beach UK
The 12 ins long specimen was found by Richard Fabbri, from Weymouth Watersports, who spotted the fish swept up on Chesil Beach in Dorset - the first time the species has been seen in the area for 30 years.
But had any beach forager picked up the silver fish and taken it home for their dinner they would have come in for a nasty shock.
All pufferfish are poisonous and carry a toxin in their internal organs that has no known antidote.
Oceanic pufferfish - Lagocephalus lagocephalus in Latin - are a delicacy in Japan but rarely enter British water, because it is usually too cold for them.
Only a very small number have been recorded before, all off the south west coast.
Most pufferfish are found in sub-tropical and tropical waters in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2821243/Deadly-Japanese-puf...
Nov 5, 2014
KM
http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/11/numerous-sardines-washed-ashore-...
Numerous sardines washed ashore in Pacific coastal area of Hokkaido – Photos
On 11/3/2014, numerous sardines were found washed ashore in Pacific coastal area of Hokkaido. A fisherman found it around 6AM of the day.
The location was Mukawa-cho in Hokkaido. The dead sardines were approx. 15 ~ 20cm long, which have grown up. They were found washed ashore for 4km along the coast.
The local fishermen state they have been fishing there for 60 years but haven’t seen such a thing.
Hokkaido experiment station comment it might be due to the storm one night before, but the exact cause is not identified.
On the other hand, local citizen commented on Twitter that that kind of storm was nothing rare, can happen quite often.
Nov 6, 2014
Howard
Brazilian Beach Covered with 20 Tons of Dead Fish (Nov 7)
The municipal cleaning service have found 20 tons of shads, a particular species of fish similar to sardines and herrings.
Surprisingly, “the tests proved that it is not a matter of chemical or toxic contamination of water,” declared the oceanograph David Zee to AFP, from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
Five specimens of shads have been sent for examination on Tuesday to the department of biology of the UFRJ, and the results should be known within the next week.
Source
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Brazilian-Tourist-Beach-Myste...
Nov 8, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/environment/2014/11/07...
Indian River Lagoon fish are dying in droves
5:22 p.m. EST November 7, 2014
Dead fish fouled Merritt Island canals this week, adding new casualties to a die-off that's already been claiming hardhead catfish from Satellite Beach to Fort Pierce over the past month.
State wildlife officials received dozens of reports this week about the hundreds of dead fish floating in canals surrounding Sykes Creek, Newfound Harbor and the Banana River.
Species included catfish, flounder, mullet, sailor's choice, pinfish, red drum, sheepshead and trout.
A water test on Merritt Island this week found no evidence of a harmful algae bloom or raw sewage, said Brandon Basino, a spokesman for the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg. But that was only one sample, he said, and state biologists continue to monitor the fish kills.
They don't know whether the hardhead catfish die-off and other species of dead fish are linked.
Nov 8, 2014
Howard
Deep Ocean Sunfish Washes Up in Scotland (Nov 7)
A deep water fish that lives 2000 feet below the surface washed up on a beach in North Queensferry.
The sunfish was discovered by a member of the public at East Bay beach who contacted the nearby aquarium.
Aquarists retrieved the stranded fish, which was around a metre long, however, it later died.
Deep Sea World's Chris Smith said: "This is the first sunfish stranding I have seen in the local area."
He added: "Sunfish spend their lives in the deep ocean so for it to end up stranded on a beach indicated it was in a very bad way."
Sources
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-29960050
http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2014/11/07/rare-fish-washes-up-on-sco...
Nov 9, 2014
SongStar101
Dozens of stranded pilot whales die in New Zealand
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29911181
About 36 pilot whales that had become stranded in the Eastern Bay of Plenty in New Zealand have died.
Two whale pods beached themselves in the Ohiwa harbour on the north-east coast on Monday.
Wildlife conservationists launched a rescue operation and helped one pod to be refloated on Tuesday, while 21 more whales were successfully herded out to sea on Wednesday.
The reasons for mass pilot whale strandings are not well understood.
Pilot whales are particularly prone to stranding behaviour. The largest known pilot whale stranding involved an estimated 1,000 whales at the Chatham Islands in 1918, according to the DOC.
Steve Brightwell from the DOC said the whales came into Ohiwa harbour after one of them was unwell and beached itself, reported Radio New Zealand.
Eleven of the whales were euthanized on welfare grounds on Tuesday, the Department of Conservation (DOC) said. About 25 pilot whales were found dead early Wednesday morning.
'Great effort'
At about 05:00 local time on Wednesday (16:00 GMT Tuesday) volunteer medics from Project Jonah, a non-profit organisation, along with the DOC began an operation to guide those whales that were still alive back out to sea.
"We did it! All 22 whales were shepherded through the mouth of the harbour to the ocean and were last seen heading towards deeper water," Project Jonah said on Facebook.
New Zealand on average has more whales stranding themselves than any other country in the world, Daren Grover, general manager of Project Jonah told the BBC.
"It's something we have lived with and we are quite geared up to respond to," he said. "Today was a great effort - all those that were alive were refloated."
Nov 9, 2014
Howard
Millions of Ladybugs Descend on Romanian Town (Nov 10)
The bugs seemingly came out of nowhere, invading the community of Lipova overnight.
Residents had to border up their homes to stop the swarms of bugs from getting inside. City Hall has tried to contain the insects with pesticides, but they just keep coming.
"I swept up tens of thousands of them with a broom and shovel and took them outside but more and more arrive all the time," one resident told reporters.
"I had my window open for a few minutes and when I closed it they were like a living carpet," said another.
Sources
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/rain-warm-weather-ca...
http://abcnews.go.com/International/swarming-lady-bugs-towns-reside...
Nov 11, 2014
SongStar101
More than 180 sea lions found dead on the coast of Peru
http://peru21.pe/actualidad/piura-hallan-187-lobos-marinos-muertos-...
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&a...
Less than a week after approximately one hundred sea lions washed up dead in the Illescas Reserve, in the province of Sechura (Piura), dead sea creatures were found once again in the area.
This time, a total of 187 lifeless sea lions were found between the beaches of San Pedro and San Pablo, and in La Tortuga inlet.
This was confirmed by sources inside the National Service of Protected Regional Areas (Sernanp). However, they admitted that they were not aware of the cause for these sea lion deaths.
Nov 11, 2014
SongStar101
Dozens of Large Whales found on Australian Beaches from Sept to Nov
September 15, 2014 http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/beached-whales-point-...
Two dead humpback whales have washed up on NSW beaches in recent days
16-metre-long dead whale has washed up on an isolated beach near Warrnambool, in Victoria’s south-west.
A 12m humpback whale washed up on a popular Kalbarri beach on Wednesday night, bringing with it a school of sharks and a steady stream of onlookers.
Onlookers have flocked to a beach at Titahi Bay, north of Wellington, to see a dead 6m-long whale which washed up overnight.
A rare specimen of pygmy right whale's body found washed up on a remote Victorian beach has presented scientists worldwide with the unique opportunity to study the elusive species.
October 14, 2014 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-14/rare-whale-washes-up-on-a-new...
The three to four-metre-long animal was found dead on Redhead Beach, south of Newcastle, this morning.
Marine experts will examine a rare deep sea whale that has washed up on a Queensland beach. The five-and-a-half metre beaked whale was found dead this morning at Wurtulla on the Sunshine Coast.
Oct 29, 2014 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=1...
A 10 metre-long humpback whale has washed up dead on Waikanae Beach early this morning.
An eight-metre dead whale has been washed onto rocks at the mouth of the Clyde River in Batemans Bay.
Council workers are in the process of removing a whale carcass that washed up on a Gold Coast beach overnight. The whale's remains were spotted on The Spit early on Sunday morning, near Philip Park. Lifeguard Anthony Lunney said the dead whale appeared to be a juvenile humpback, which measured about 20 metres in length.
Nov 11, 2014
SongStar101
Massive whale beached in southern Nicaragua
November 15, 2014http://news.yahoo.com/massive-whale-beached-southern-nicaragua-0642...
The whale, estimated at 18 meters (59 feet) long, beached itself Friday morning at Popoyo beach, in the town of Tola, some 111 kilometers (70 miles) south of the capital, according to the Environment Ministry's delegate in the region, Mario Rodriguez.
More than 50 people -- from Nicaragua and elsewhere -- spent the day trying to get the whale back into deeper waters, but gave up in exhaustion as the sun went down.
Police and officials from the environment ministry traveled to the scene to discuss strategies to try to save the massive marine mammal, which may be a humpback.
The Pacific region off Nicaragua's southern coast sees a lot of humpback whales and dolphins at this time of year.
Nov 16, 2014
SongStar101
Study: Polar bears disappearing from key region
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key polar bear population fell nearly by half in the past decade, a new U.S.-Canada study found, with scientists seeing a dramatic increase in young cubs starving and dying.
Researchers chiefly blame shrinking sea ice from global warming.
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and Environment Canada captured, tagged and released polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea from 2001 to 2010. The bear population shrank to about 900 in 2010, down from about 1,600 in 2004. That area is one of two main U.S. polar bear regions.
"These estimates suggest to me that the habitat is getting less stable for polar bears," said study lead author Jeff Bromaghin, a USGS statistician.
Wildlife biologist Steve Amstrup, who started the study for the USGS and left to become chief scientist at the conservation group Polar Bear International, said his early research in the 1980s found about 1,800 polar bears in the region.
"The habitat was profoundly different by the late 1990s, early 2000s," said Amstrup, a co-author of the study in the journal Ecological Applications.
Bromaghin said only two of 80 polar bear cubs the team tracked between 2004 and 2007 survived. Normally about half of cubs live.
"We suspect that they are dying of starvation," Bromaghin said.
In this part of the Arctic, there used to be more sea ice in the summer; that's where seals lived, and seals are what bears ate. With limited access to the seals, the cubs probably starved, he said.
Arctic summer sea ice had been declining since the late 1970s but "we've seen over the past decade, decade-and-a-half, the rate of decline has really accelerated," said Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado. And 2007 was "a wake-up call" for scientists because sea ice shrank to a low scientists had not expected or seen before. Sea ice levels dropped even lower in 2012 and have recovered a tad since.
"There is definitely a relationship here between what's happening to the bears and what's happening to the ice," said Serreze, who wasn't part of the study.
Nov 19, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.kitv.com/news/dead-fish-crabs-found-in-kapoho-tide-pools...
Dead fish, crabs found in Kapoho tide pools
HONOLULU —Marine biologists want to know what's killing off fish and crabs in the Kapoho tide pools on the Big Island.
Over the weekend, University of Hwaaii at Hilo biologists found dead crabs, sea cucumbers and other marine life in the ponds.
The scientists took water samples to check for oxygen, salinity levels and fecal matter. The researchers noticed the oxygen levels were low as well as a brown tinge to the water.
"We do not know where this is coming from, but if that lingers on it's blocking the penetration of light. That's going to stop anything from photosynthesis," said Dr. Misaki Takabayashi. "If organisms are not allowed to photosynthesize, that provides energy for the whole ecosystem. So, we worry about the effects of this brown water."
Just south of the Kapoho tide pools, researchers also found nearly 100 dead manini. The Department of Land and Natural Resources, as well as the Department of Health, are looking into the matter.
Nov 20, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.betawired.com/500-sea-lions-found-dead-on-northern-coast...
500 sea lions found dead on northern coast of Peru
500 sea lions were found dead on the northern coast of Peru recently, prompting officials to launch a full-scale investigation into the massive mysterious die-off on Sunday.
Right now there’s precious little information that has been uncovered as to how or why the sea lions were killed. The only thing known at this point is that the bodies of the aquatic mammals were found in states of severe decomposition, indicating that several days or even weeks might have gone by between the event that led to their deaths and the discovery of the remains.
The Peruvian environmental police launched their investigation after a local governor leveled accusations at fishermen of poisoning the sea lions. The animals routinely come ashore to forage for food, though sea lions are also adept at catching prey in the water as well.
The bodies of both sea lion pups and adult sea lions were discovered in the Ancash region on Anoncillo beach, according to the Andina news agency of Peru. The carcasses were removed quickly as they were deemed to be a health hazard in such numbers, with authorities continuing their investigation throughout the cleanup process.
If poisoning is behind the massive die-off, this wouldn’t be the first time such an event occurred. News agency Andina reported last year that a group of around 50 dead sea lions were found to have been killed by poison, with the method traced back to fish laced with deadly pesticides that were provided to the animals. Meanwhile, another incident earlier in November saw the bodies of nearly 200 sea lions recovered alongside several sea turtles and dolphins; this previous incident is still under investigation, but similarities between the 2013 poisoning and both incidents this month have been drawn already, according to several anonymous sources.
Peru’s coastline has also been the scene of massive death tolls over the course of 2012, when around 900 dolphins and at least 5,000 birds were found washed up dead on the country’s shores, prompting environmental conservation groups to launch their own investigations into the matter independent of the Peruvian government.
Nov 25, 2014
SongStar101
Dead whale washes ashore on Pensacola Beach
Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge has performed a necropsy on the beached Beaked Whale found Monday on Pensacola Beach.
According to Ed Cake, former adjunct professor at Southern Mississippi University and a former Federal Commissioner of the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Ocean Springs, Miss., the procedure begins with a gross exam, consisting of an overall exam of the whale's exterior in which they look for any injury or wounds.
They then perform an internal exam of the body, looking for any disease or injury not showing on the outside. They determine the sex of the whale, take tissue samples and look for parasites and any bone injuries.
The Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge began the necropsy 3:30 p.m. Monday at their facility in Fort Walton Beach, according to Holly Young, an animal care technician at the refuge. The necropsy procedure was finished around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. It is unknown when the results will be determined.
Original story:
Beach visitors were caught off guard early Monday morning to find a deceased Beaked Whale on shore near Margaritaville Hotel on Pensacola Beach.
The 20-foot whale beached Sunday night, said Cassity Bromley, chief of science and resource stewardship for the Gulf Islands National Seashore.
"The whale had washed up and was half buried right where the tide was coming in," said Josh Bell, a hotel employee. "They brought a bulldozer-type thing and a big tractor, dug it out, tied it up around the tail area, picked it up and took it across the beach."
Bell said he works on the beach every day, and he has seen sharks and fish wash ashore but never anything like a whale.
Santa Rosa Island Authority used a backhoe loader to remove and transport the whale to the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge in Fort Walton Beach, which is part of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network. The whale will undergo a necropsy to verify its species and the cause of death.
Bell and co-worker Belinda Radford were among those on the beach who watched Santa Rosa Island Authority load the whale for transport.
Radford was concerned about how the whale died, but was confident a cause would be determined and steps taken if necessary to prevent future deaths.
"It was crazy," she said. "It was beached and half buried, but they were out there real quick."
Nov 26, 2014
SongStar101
Stranded whales die on Rototai beach, New Zealand
In what became a Golden Bay community event, hundreds of people turned up at Rototai beach to see and touch three dead sperm whales that had become stranded.
The whales, which ranged in length from 14 to 17 metres long were located about one kilometre out on tidal flats from the beach carpark.
Local iwi gathered to bless the three whales, which were towed by tug boat to Farewell Spit last night, once the tide was high enough to move them.
Department of Conservation biodiversity programme manager Hans Stoffregen said DOC had received a phone call from Rototai residents saying there were whales milling about at sea.
"This morning we got a call from residents saying they were stranded."
Golden Bay kaumatua John Ward-Holmes said iwi would later harvest the teeth and jawbone, which were regarded as "taonga". He said local iwi Ngati Tama, Te Ati Awa and Ngati Rarua were kaitiaki of the teeth and jawbone, and that iwi were working in partnership with DOC on the whale stranding.
While smaller pilot whales strand in Golden Bay every year, sperm whales, which are the largest of the toothed whales, aren't such a common sight in Golden Bay.
Stoffregen said the last sperm whale to be washed up in Golden Bay was "Tamati", who stranded at Puponga in 2007.
Rototai resident Gaya Brabant said she and her family noticed the whales offshore last night and called DOC. Initially she thought they were playing. She said her son saw six whales further out to sea.
She wondered if a large amount of blue bottles had played any role in attracting the whales to come into the shallow waters.
Nov 27, 2014
SongStar101
Large-scale die-off of small seabird along Sonoma Coast, California
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/3145997-181/large-scale-die-off-o...
Scientists up and down the West Coast are monitoring what appears to be a large-scale die-off of young Cassin’s auklets, small seabirds whose breeding grounds include a colony in the Farallon Islands west of San Francisco.
Emaciated, white-bellied birds have been washing ashore in Sonoma County and along a broad swath of California coastline since early November after a period of ocean warming in the Farallones region and disappearance of the tiny krill that provide their main source of food, researchers say.
Scientists are still collecting data, but the largest concentration of dead birds appears to be in northern Oregon, according to monitors in the Pacific Northwest. Birds have been washing up in Washington, as well.
Scientists say anyone who finds a dead bird should leave it alone so that monitors surveying the beaches can collect accurate records on the die-off.
Just what’s behind the phenomenon is far from clear, those involved in the research say.
One factor may in fact be the species’ recent breeding success, which means a particularly large number of inexperienced fledglings were introduced last summer to the harsh challenges of life at sea, they said.
But there’s concern, at least locally, about the drastic shift in ocean temperature and feeding conditions — from those that facilitated several very productive breeding seasons to those that prompted nesting pairs in the Farallones to abandon their second round of eggs in July — and the potential for linkage to climate change.
Jaime Jahncke, director of California Current at Point Blue Conservation Sciences, which has monitored the Cassin’s auklets in the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge for more than four decades, said mean sea surface temperatures recorded in July and August were the second-highest in 45 years, and rose substantially in September.
But “you can have ocean warming for different reasons,” he said.
An anomalous warming in 2005 and 2006 — though it was winter — resulted in a large die-off of birds, as well as a season in which the birds did not come to the Farallones to breed, Jahncke said. There was also a high mortality event in 1997 and ’98...
......In early November, beach monitors and others began spotting dying and, in most cases, dead Cassin’s auklets, both on the shoreline and in the water.
Members of the Gulf of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Beach Watch team recently saw more than 100 at Salmon Creek Beach, said program manager Jan Roletto, sanctuary research coordinator. Scientists say thousands, at least, have died, though the longevity of adult Cassin’s auklets, generally, means there should not be a huge impact on the overall population.
In California, the dead and dying birds have been concentrated in the Point Reyes/Sonoma Coast area, south to San Luis Obispo, said Laird Henkel, supervisor of the Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care & Research Center, Office of Spill Prevention and Response for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Nov 27, 2014
SongStar101
Humpback whale found dead on Nantucket Beach, MA
A 25-foot humpback whale was found dead on a Nantucket beach Massachusetts early Tuesday morning.
The whale was found on Miacomet Beach, said Maggie Mooney-Seus, spokeswoman for the Greater Atlantic Regional office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It had has no visible wounds, Mooney-Seus said. She speculated it could have died from disease or been hit by a boat.
Mooney-Seus said with a nor’easter expected to hit the region Wednesday, the whale might have to stay put for a while.
“They’re not anticipating being able to get in and move it at this point” because of the approaching storm, she said. It could also be a while until the carcass is removed because NOAA does not have staff who cover Nantucket and because marine officials’ focus is currently on the hundreds of sea turtles that have been washing up along the Cape with hypothermia.
“Right now, I guess we’re just monitoring the situation,” Mooney-Seus said.
Mooney-Seus said she did not know if a necropsy would be performed to determine the cause of death.
Mooney-Seus said people should stay away from the whale and keep their pets away, too.
The whale was found around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, Environmental Police spokeswoman Amy Mahler said in an e-mail.
Nov 27, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
Mohammedia: Thousands stranded fish
Thousands of fish have washed up on Saturday at the mouth of Wadi Nfifekh Sablette located on the beach in Mohammedia, reports the website ecologie.ma . And to emphasize that environmental police traveled to the scene to investigate the ecological disaster that recalls the one at Oued Moulouya there a few years.
Of water and fish samples were taken for analysis.
Also according ecologie.ma "saw that the waters of the Oued Nfifekh show no traces of pollution, it is not excluded that the reason for this disaster is an organic material spill, whose decomposition would have suffocated the wadi ". Several "structures" in fact reject their waste directly into the Oued upstream from the beach.
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Nov 30, 2014
Starr DiGiacomo
http://yamkin.wordpress.com/2014/11/29/thousands-of-dead-fish-wash-...
Thousands of dead fish wash up in Sinaloa, Mexico
November 29, 2014
For the fishermen of the area is an ecological disaster
Thousands of dead fish were found on the shore of the estuary Infiernillo in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, as reported fishermen, who complained that this place waste and garbage concentrate without any authority to monitor the area.
According to testimony, fish agonized for hours at the sight of all, so early warning spread between fishermen and residents of the Colonia Libertad, who live near the Juárez bridge.
For fishermen it is an ecological disaster and according to them, is the Municipal Board of Water Supply and Sewerage Mazatlan (Jumapam) responsible for the fact, as discharged untreated into the estuary waters, which affects fish causing mass mortality.
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Hundreds of dead fish found floating along a canal in Pontedera, Italy
November 30, 2014
An endless procession of dead fish. Since yesterday morning in the channel Usciana, that takes away the water from the marshes of Fucecchio to merge into the Arno to cataracts of Montecalvoli or in Scolmatore through Usciana New cutting the hill of Montecchio, were seen hundreds of dead carp, catfish and other species living in the canal and in the marsh. « To 10 – Enzo tells Erotica, secretary of the PRI of Santa Maria a Monte and formerly deputy in – I went by car over the bridge sull’Usciana in Ponticelli and noticed dead fish slide towards the mouth. I tried to contact the Arpat, but no one responded, being Sunday offices are closed and also from Florence got no answer. I also tried to contact the Municipal Police of Santa Maria a Monte, but there was no one in command » .
IN THE AFTERNOON, after a survey along the banks of the canal in the area of the cut back of the stadium Ponticelli, the same Erotica alerted 112 of the police that the authorities intervene to take note of the situation. At that point it was warned the emergency number of Arpat. Meanwhile, the number of dead fish in the Montecalvoli and then, further down, in Arno, increased visibly. Even from the boat Andrea da Pontedera were reported at the mouth of the channel. The mayor of Castelfranco, Gabriele Toti, who learned of the die-off of fish from The Nation, said « tomorrow (this morning, Ed) will ask for information ARPAT » . The why of dead fish in Usciana not clear, although it is not the first time that happens. Some years ago the Arpat did know after making the analysis of water and on carcasses of fish, it was lack of oxygen in the channel because of the drought. If it happened again this time we’ll know sopo analyzes although drought there can speak.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON to 15 . 30 dead fish were noted only in the stretch between Castelfranco and Ponticelli and then Montecalvoli and the floodgates of Usciana. Not from the bridge sull’Usciana area via Lungomonte in Castelfranco and even before the Cerri Holy Cross Bridge or a Cappiano. That it was of a spill or abnormal from the bridge of Castelfranco from the one that crosses the canal from provincial halls in Montefalcone? Even in this case will be the analysis of Arpat to determine. The fact is that the plague has caused no little alarm throughout the area.
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Hundreds of dead fish found floating on a lake in Tours, France
December 1, 2014
Gardeners corner discovered the “massacre”, yesterday morning. Hundreds of dead fish floating on the surface. Also a foul odor emanating from the river. Already yesterday, Sunday, the first signs of asphyxia were visible in the arm of the Petit-Cher, along the lake of Bergeonnerie in Tours.
There are all kinds of fish: carp, pike (some are 40 cm), roach, bream, studs … Even large eels dying on shoals. Only cats fish are still alive, usually wedged in the bottom, they are now on the surface in search of oxygen.
On site, gardeners take all the same speech, like Jacques, who has already found the phenomenon two years ago: “The level decreased by 20 centimeters, the fish have more oxygen. It is shameful. Do you even lift
Why such a situation? A City Tours, explains: “This happens every year during periods of unemployment Cher. The drop in the water level, combined with the lack of rain and eutrophication of the environment, causes a lack of oxygen for the fish. “Putting unemployed allows for maintenance works on the Cher.
Faced with this excess mortality, “the city’s sanitation department has daily to remove dead fish,” is said.
If this drop in water level reveals many trash, it also shows the fish wealth of the middle who lives there.
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Large amounts of dead and ‘sick’ fish being found in the Baltic sea off coast of Sweden, Finland and Germany
There is an “inexplicable” problem in the Baltic Sea, has warned Oceana . Its waters are registering high mortality of fish. The international marine conservation organization that has made three expeditions in the Baltic Sea and the Kattegat between 2011 and 2013 using remote underwater vehicles and divers, has requested that new marine protected areas are designated in the area and measures are carried out suitable management.
“Compared with expeditions developed in other districts of the globe, we have found a particularly high amount of dead fish or behaving abnormally, having poor conditions or look sick. We do not know the reason and also difficult to identify the specific causes, as many factors may be responsible “, explains the NGO. “Natural causes of death can not be ruled out as an infection or a particular disease Baltic due to its hydrography. It could also result emprobecimiento environmental status of the Baltic Sea, or simply because the ratio of decomposition in the water is lower because the marine life that inhabits them is lower than in other areas “continue. Therefore, “we think it investigated” Zanjan.
In 2013, the Swedish Government commissioned the evaluation of their coastal waters to its marine agency to take samples and determine the causes of the appearance of dead fish along its coastline. There were no conclusive results, and were cited as possible causes pollution and lack of complementary food. Other research conducted by Denmark also pointed to oxygen depletion.
In Germany have seen many dead fish on its shores “but have not sought answers” and also in Finland, pointing from Oceana.
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Large amounts of fish found dead in a creek in Juan Diaz, Panama
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Masses of fish wash up dead along 5km of beach in Jambeli, Ecuador
Hundreds of dead fish, plus the blue-footed boobies ATDE last Monday was found in about five kilometers of beach on the island Jambelí. Ministry of Environment staff came to this site and not statements were issued regarding the causes of this fact.
The variety of fish is called chuhueco found and used for the production of fishmeal. “We believe that industrial fishing boat took a shoal of fish and threw the sea,” said Jorge Luis Vaca, president of the Vestry of Jambelí.
Mariana Zambrano, owner of a tourist cabins, said tourists were surprised to observe that amount of fish on the beach. “I got up and watched the dead fish are already three times this year,” he said.
Dwellers fish collected in bags to bury them in a garbage dump. The stench was intense even in areas where there are restaurants and rest areas for tourists.
“We reported this incident to the authorities for a study to be done, but technicians say it is impossible to collect samples because species already have more than 48 hours and are decaying,” said Cruz Amalfi, naval officer.
The ECU-911 system Machala reported that it would be “waste fishing” of bolicheros boats (industrial fishing) within 5 nautical miles solely for artisanal fisheries.
Artisanal fishermen reported seeing these fish from the afternoon of Monday in the coastal belts of Jambelí and Low High. In addition boobies were also found dead on that beach.
Similar cases occurred in 2012, 2013 and this year is the third. Residents believe that variations in temperature and the onset of aguajes would impact these events to occur.
Delegates MAE, the area of Environment of the Prefecture of El Oro, Undersecretariat of Fisheries and the Port Bolivar took samples of water and dead fish.
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50 dead sharks found washed ashore on a beach in N.Carolina, America
Michael Boswell, a local resident, was walking on the beach when he spotted “approximately 50 dead sharks” on the sand near Southeast 64th Street in Oak Island. (Source: Michael Boswell)
The NC Division of Marine Fisheries is investigating after dozens of dead sharks were found washed ashore on a popular beach strand in Brunswick County on Sunday morning.
Michael Boswell, a local resident, said he was walking on the beach when he spotted about 50 dead sharks on the sand near Southeast 64th Street in Oak Island.
The unidentified sharks range in size from approximately 1′-5′.
Boswell said he reported the discovery to police in Oak Island. Since the initial report, the sharks have been picked up and removed from the beach strand.
However, since the sharks were found below the tide line, this issue is under the jurisdiction of the NC Division of Marine Fisheries.
The exact cause of death for the sharks is still undetermined. According to Patricia Smith, a public information officer with that agency, crews are on their way to Oak Island to investigate the matter.
Even though this matter falls under the jurisdiction of the NC Division of Marine Fisheries, Wallace said she plans to ask town staff to look into the issue from their end.
“I plan to contact our town manager to review the situation,” said Wallace. “We should ask the public works department to keep a watch on this to make sure it doesn’t become a public health issue. We will be contacting the proper authorities to see what can or should be done.”
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Large number of dead birds found on Pismo Beach in California, America
If you make a trip to Pismo Beach you may find more than just sand and seaweed on your walk.
Locals and tourists have been noticing a lot of dead sea birds lining the coast, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife warn they could be a hazard to your pets and children.
“I can take the dogs out to a spot were there are not as many dogs out or people. Or dead birds,” said beachgoer Laura Best.
Best and her daughter, Annabelle, went to Pismo Beach with their dogs on Thursday for a relaxing afternoon. Instead, they were surrounded by dead birds.
“I leave my dogs in the stroller until we get to a spot were I don’t see any vultures or dead birds,” said Best. “I just don’t want them eating them and carrying them around, and with bringing my little girl here, I am trying to keep them safe.”
The Carson family found the smell and sight of rotting birds to take away from their beach day experience.
“I mean there is hardly any trash so why should there be carcasses?” asked Anthony Carson. “They are not the cleanest creatures out there and just a dead rotting carcass floating around is unpleasant and the health risk is out there.”
To find out why all the dead birds are on the beach, KSBY went to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Turns out, it was news to them.
“We will collect some of the species and do a field necropsy and see if there is anything obvious,” said Warden Ryan Hanson. “If it’s blunt force trauma that is killing these birds then we might lean towards a boat hitting them or if they are intact then we will do some more research and figure out what is going on.”
While they figure out what exactly is killing all the birds they advise beachgoers to stay away.
“It’s a little less enjoyable because I have to constantly keep my eye on whatever she is picking up,” said Best. “I mean, she is not just picking up seaweed and crabs anymore, it might be a dead body part, and that’s kinda gross.”
At this point it is only speculation, but Hanson says it can be anything from fish bait attracting the birds to shore, the drought, or even ships hitting a flock of birds.
KSBY will continue to follow up with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and report on its investigation.
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Mass die off of fish found in a river in China
New public Ma call our hotline (18837996211) reflected. Subsequently, reporters rushed in New governance Dahe Road and Canton Street intersection Luoyang landscape water found at the scene, about 500 meters of a large number of dead fish floating in the river, there is a maximum weight of 14 pounds. “Here the fish more than 2 years, there have been eight such cases.” Mr. Long said fish farmers helplessly.
500 meters of a large number of dead fish floating in the river
Reporters rushed to the nearby New governance Dahe Road and Canton Street intersection Luoyang landscape water, not come to place, you see dead fish floating in the water with a layer of white, but not too much. Nearby residents said, this has been fishing in the more than two hours, but there are floats kept up.
The landscape along the river about 500 meters, Dahe reporter saw the river fish are dead, about 5 centimeters. Stood by the river and saw the fish kept surfaced soon float to the fish died.
“I work from 8 am dead fish began fishing the river, and now has nearly three hours, the light fish had about 150 pounds, had to look at the situation in the afternoon fishing, the loss is certainly not small.” The river is responsible for the water Health Lee said he fished all the fish in the vicinity of digging buried, “the sudden death of so many fish, there is definitely a reason for people to eat unsafe, buried the dead fish to the market but also to prevent and reduce pollution. “Lee said.
At the scene, the reporter saw Dahe fish fish farmers would have died scooped onto the tricycle, “certainly can not eat these fish were collected at the focus buried.” Mariculturists Mr. Long frustration that can immediately harvest, it is a pity.
According to the site TUNG said he had fish for nearly four years, and had been all right, then from 2012 to the present, there have been a situation like this about eight times, “This investment has fry ponds more than 20,000, and now the direct loss of at least a few million. “Mr. Dong said the ponds where the fish have died regardless of size, the largest about 14 pounds of fish, fish have a slightly larger loss of 100 yuan.
Water samples and dead fish have been taken away tests did not rule out poisoning
“There have been such cases, although others have been suspected of being poisoned, but are not directly caught too.” Mr. Long analysts say the fish farmers, fish no direct death, but died before floated up from the bottom, it should be is a commonly known as “fishing essence” of the drug. “This drug does not directly kill the fish, but covered with a layer of plastic film equivalent on the water and let the water of oxygen, leading to fish deaths due to lack of oxygen.” Mr. Long said.
At the scene, the reporter interviewed Dahe Luolong Luoyang Municipal Public Security Bureau police the police. “We have were taken upstream and downstream of the two water samples and dead fish samples taken, sent to the relevant departments for testing.” The police said it could not determine if it was intentional poisoning, it could be water pollution caused by specific circumstances have to wait after the test results came out OK. “If indeed someone suspected of poisoning, we will conduct the investigation in accordance with law, be held criminally responsible.” Police said the scene.
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Thousands of dead fish found ‘mysteriously’ floating in a lake in London, England
An investigation is underway after thousands of dead fish were found floating in an east London park lake.
The grim discovery was made by volunteers in Harrow Lodge Park, Havering, over the weekend.
Havering Council has launched an environmental health investigation to find out what caused the mass death.
Councillor Melvin Wallace said: “We’re still trying to determine the exact cause of the incident.
“We believe it’s either due to an extensive amount of un-oxygenated water that entered the lake due to the heavy rainfall over the weekend, or a possible pollutant.
“The Environment Agency has tested the water and we’re currently waiting for the results.”
Council staff have since removed the fish from the lake.
It is not the first time animals have died in the lake. Earlier this year several birds contaminated with avian botulism were found dead in the park while 20 ducks were killed by visitors feeding them mouldy bread.
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