Originally Posted By ecdc >>Mass bird and fish kills should not induce yawns.<< It depends on what the cause was though. After reading the initial reports, odds are this is a strange coincidence, not some harbinger of looming disaster. Strange coincidences happen much more than people like to believe, and therefore when they do, people like to assign astounding causes to them. Never underestimate the human mind's ability to make connections that don't exist. If it turns out they are connected and it is a problem, then I'll react appropriately. By posting about it on a message board while I'm bored at work.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 The thing about the fish and birds, was that it affected only one species of each. If it were something like shock, or hail, or pollutants, it would have affected all species. Something within each group must have gone wrong. I read about the fish that it could be due to a surge in population where there were too many fish and not enough resources, so they got sick and died. This was just one theory though, but still, the fact it only happened to one species rules out a lot of things.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox It happened again, about 300 miles from first site, in Louisiana: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/birds-fall-from-sky-louisiana_n_804196.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...196.html</a> "Around 500 dead birds have fallen from the sky in Louisiana, found scattered along a quarter-mile portion of highway in Point Coupee Parish, the AP reports. The discovery is approximately 300 miles south of Beebe, Arkansas, where just days earlier thousands of the same species of birds also fell from the sky. Initial tests conducted by biologists on the red-winged blackbirds and starlings found in Arkansas revealed that the birds suffered internal injuries that formed deadly blood clots. Countless explanations have been speculated, from intense high-altitude weather like lightning or hail to disturbance from fireworks. Disease and poison were determined to be far less likely causes, though full test results won't rule them out until next week."
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance If I opened my door and saw 500 dead birds dropping on the ground in front of me, I'd probably turn around, go back in my house, and never step foot outside again. Despite all of my logical thinking talk, I'm the biggest weenie in the world. And everything scares me. EVERYTHING. Even if it's highly illogical and makes zero sense.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***If I opened my door and saw 500 dead birds dropping on the ground in front of me, I'd probably turn around, go back in my house, and never step foot outside again*** Well, this would've worked well for Halloween but since that's over with it'll have to do for April Fool's Day... Constance, what was your address again? No reason.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 And...now birds dropped dead in Sweden. This is a strange situation. I can't wait to hear what scientists determine the cause to be! It's just bizarre right now because we don't know anything.
Originally Posted By mele I think this is God's way of showing his wrath over Pat Robertson's pro-pot beliefs. God does that, you know, kills the innocent to express his (right-leaning) political views. (As I was typing this, an ad for the 700 Club came on warning us of the extreme dangers of Halal to Americans.)
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Mr X , It's 1234 Main Street Anytown, USA Let me know when you get over here, I'll cook you dinner.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Actually, the dead bird situation in Sweden might be something as simple as road kill. Apparently the birds fly down to pick up salt used to de-ice the roads. This species has bad eyesight, supposedly, and often can't fly up high enough and/or soon enough to escape getting slammed by oncoming trucks. It's happened before and isn't a new phenomenon in that part of the world.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance lol no No, I hate not knowing why something creepy is happening.....*twilight music playing*
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Apparently the birds fly down to pick up salt used to de-ice the roads. This species has bad eyesight, supposedly, and often can't fly up high enough and/or soon enough to escape getting slammed by oncoming trucks.<< So you're saying that these birds were a-salted? buh dum bump.
Originally Posted By mele <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/06/dead-crabs-wash-ashore-by_n_805211.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...211.html</a> We are so screwed.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo Have you seen the news coming out of AR lately? <<Over 1,000 dead birds fall from the sky on New Year's Eve. 100,000 drum fish wash up on the shore of an Arkansas river. Over 500 Earthquakes hit Guy, AR since Sept. 2010.>> Next up: a plague of locus, and the Mississippi River turns to blood. LET MY PEOPLE GO!
Originally Posted By tiggertoo <<<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...211.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...211.html</a> We are so screwed.>> I'm beginning to believe that the new Republican House majority was a sign of the Apocalypse.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<I'm beginning to believe that the new Republican House majority was a sign of the Apocalypse.>> Well, when Sarah Palin wins the party nomination in 2012, you know that's pretty much it!!
Originally Posted By Labuda ">>Wasn't there a 7.1 quake in Chile today?<< "Yes, and a 4.5 in Southern Utah." See, the Bible was right!" A broken clock is also right twice a day. The Bible has been around for thousands of years; they were bound to get SOMETHING right eventually!
