Recent animal die offs have been making the news. Ecologists claim that this is a normal occurrence,
Famed Harvard biologist EO Wilson says, that, thanks to technology, we’re better able to share news of such events … and try to connect the dots. “This instant and global communication is just a human instinct to read mystery and portents of dangers and wondrous things in events that are unusual,” he says.
However massive deaths of any species raise my eye brow. Specific reasons/theories are not implied; rather, this is in hopes of supporting personal awareness and research.
The following is a one-month TIMELINE of recent bird & fish deaths (mid-Dec 2010 —> mid-Jan 2011) (sent to me by fellow master naturalist Carissa Nichols)
A timeline of (reported) recent bird & fish deaths:
12.13.10 – Thousands of dead barramundi fish wash up in Australia, unknown causes
12.27.10 – Scores of dead fish wash ashore in a lake in Haiti, unknown causes
12.28.10 – 70 bats found dead in Tucson, Ariz., unknown causes
12.29.10 – Dozens of fish found dead in San Antonio, Texas, unknown causes
12.31.10 – 5,000+ birds found dead in Arkansas, suffering from massive trauma and blood clots
01.03.11 – 100,000+ dead drum fish found in Arkansas river, unknown causes
01.03.11 – Dozens of dead birds show up in a woman’s backyard in Kentucky, unknown causes
01.03.11 – Tens of thousands of dead fish wash ashore in Chesapeake Bay, Md., blamed on cold water
01.03.11 – 100 tons of dead fish wash ashore in Brazil, unknown causes
01.04.11 – Several dead manatees found on Florida coast, unknown causes
01.04.11 – Thousands of dead fish wash up on creek in Florida, unknown causes
01.04.11 – Hundreds of dead fish was ashore on St. Clair River in Ontario, Can., unknown causes
01.04.11 – Hundreds of dead black birds found on highway in Louisiana, suffering from internal injuries and blood clots
01.05.11 – Hundreds of dead birds found on highway in Texas, unknown causes
01.05.11 – Large amount of dead fish wash up on New Zealand beaches, unknown causes
01.05.11 – Up to 100 jackdaw birds found dead on road in Sweden, unknown causes
01.06.11 – 40,000+ dead Devil crabs washed ashore in the U.K., unknown causes
01.07.11 – More than 1,000 dead turtle doves found in Italy, unknown causes
01.10.11 – Countless fish found dead in U.K. brook, unknown causes
01.11.11 – Thousands of gizzard shad fish float to the top of Lake Michigan
and wash up on the shores near Chicago, blamed on cold weather