explanation of mass critter deaths

no real problem..just you internet groupies blowing things up as ususal....close the curtain and move on..nothing to see here



The reality, say biologists, is that these mass die-offs happen all the time and usually are unrelated.
Technology to blame for animal die-off panic
Mass deaths 'generally fly under the radar' but global communication sparked sinister theories
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Blame technology, says famed Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson. With the Internet, cell phones and worldwide communications, people are noticing events, connecting the dots more.
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The irony is that mass die-offs — usually of animals with large populations — are getting the attention while a larger but slower mass extinction of thousands of species because of human activity is ignored, Wilson said.


Technology to blame for animal die-off panic
Mass deaths 'generally fly under the radar' but global communication sparked sinister theories

By SETH BORENSTEIN
The Associated Press
updated 1/7/2011 7:35:11 AM ET 2011-01-07T12:35:11
Share Print Font: +-WASHINGTON — First, the blackbirds fell out of the sky on New Year's Eve in Arkansas. In recent days, wildlife have mysteriously died in big numbers: 2 million fish in the Chesapeake Bay, 150 tons of red tilapia in Vietnam, 40,000 crabs in Britain and other places across the world.

Blogs connected the deadly dots, joking about the "aflockalypse" while others saw real signs of something sinister, either biblical or environmental.

The reality, say biologists, is that these mass die-offs happen all the time and usually are unrelated.

Federal records show they happen on average every other day somewhere in North America. Usually, we don't notice them and don't try to link them to each other.

"They generally fly under the radar," said ornithologist John Wiens, chief scientist at the California research institution PRBO Conservation Science.

95 mass die-offs
Since the 1970s, the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center in Wisconsin has tracked mass deaths among birds, fish and other critters, said wildlife disease specialist LeAnn White. At times the sky and the streams just turn deadly. Sometimes it's disease, sometimes pollution. Other times it's just a mystery.

In the past eight months, the USGS has logged 95 mass wildlife die-offs in North America and that's probably a dramatic undercount, White said. The list includes 900 some turkey vultures that seemed to drown and starve in the Florida Keys, 4,300 ducks killed by parasites in Minnesota, 1,500 salamanders done in by a virus in Idaho, 2,000 bats that died of rabies in Texas, and the still mysterious death of 2,750 sea birds in California.

"Depending on the species, these things don't even get reported," White said.

Weather — cold and wet weather like in Arkansas New Year's Eve when the birds
fell out of the sky — is often associated with mass bird deaths, ornithologists say. Pollution, parasites and disease also cause mass deaths. Some are even blaming fireworks for the blackbird deaths.

Skewed view
So what's happening this time?

Blame technology, says famed Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson. With the Internet, cell phones and worldwide communications, people are noticing events, connecting the dots more.

"This instant and global communication, it's just a human instinct to read mystery and portents of dangers and wondrous things in events that are unusual," Wilson told The Associated Press on Thursday. "Not to worry, these are not portents that the world is about to come to an end."

Wilson and the others say instant communications — especially when people can whip out smart phones to take pictures of critter carcasses and then post them on the Internet — is giving a skewed view of what is happening in the environment.

The irony is that mass die-offs — usually of animals with large populations — are getting the attention while a larger but slower mass extinction of thousands of species because of human activity is ignored, Wilson said.

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AP Researcher Julie Reed Bell contributed to this report.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40961721/ns/us_news-environment/?gt1=43001

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no real problem..just you internet groupies blowing things up as ususal....close the curtain and move on..nothing to see here

Yes we know nothing and other conspiracy theories are never proven to be right.




Sorry this is not normal!


Here is a comment on the bottom of the article. This is great.

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Look I work in government; more particular the Emergency Management side. I will tell you this much we don't tell the public half of what we could, most citizens act like they can't handle the worse case scenario and would freak out if we gave them full disclosure.

That said: I can assure you that there is more to this than you are being told. Mass die-offs do happen all the time but very rarely do they happen to so many species all in one week. There could be many causes ranging from weather, magnetic fields, human pollution, pressure changes, etc..

Lastly, the article is insulting to anyone who knows better and the media/officials who put out that non-sense are only catering to a public that believes every thing the media tells them.

Technology is not to blame, as technology did not cause the dead animals to wash on shore or fall in the middle of the street.

Mic
i am beginning to understand how the internet is a tool of awakening

growing up i had to search out such things in old dusty books and was called names for
having such wierd interests

now
such things are zoomed right there in front of you

makes ya wonder just what is next

a generation of folks just looking at screens and being entertained
or
of folks turning off the electronics and thinking about what they have seen
or
a combo of enlightened doers


ahhhhh choices
for now anyway



oh btw..you've been doing a great uncovering job..thanks

sky otter wrote:

"This instant and global communication, it's just a human instinct to read mystery and portents of dangers and wondrous things in events that are unusual," Wilson told The Associated Press on Thursday. "Not to worry, these are not portents that the world is about to come to an end."

you know what?
famed Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson can KISS MY ASS
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an associated reporter does interview with wilson and
gets the party-line spin info ... ok, so we have AP + harvard mucky muck
both of which insult our intelligence ... it is regrettable most
people will take their word for it instead of using their own
powers of discernment and intuition ... it's all such b.s.

HAARP has nothing to do with this either

The fact that we have an internet and look things up for ourselves, just means that we get the information quicker before all the cover-ups are in place and they don't like this.

Politicians are groomed in BS lessons to 'fool' the populous into thinking that all is well, when all we need is a pair of eyes to see for ourselves. Politicians will tell you that black is white and try to brainwash you into thinking so, even though we all know it's wrong.

Trouble is, there are those out there that cannot connect the dots and believe it....this is the scary part. They can fool some of the people some of the time etc....

Fact: There is no way that birds fall out of the sky on mass for no specific reason. There is no reason either for fish to die off in droves.

More suspect is that just one specific breed of each is effected. hummm. If all birds and fish died off on-mass, then this would cover the whole range not just one species. This debunks the magnetic theory and others. Again sift through the political B.S.

I love this site.

good point on the one species thing

sounds like something is being fine tuned...doesn't it

personally i think it is a combo of natural and un-natural
but that's just a feeling..no proof

Well let me be the first to admit I have absolutely no idea what is going on here. I usually have a gut feel about what the truth is or at least what I think might be the answer.

I have got nothing on this one. All I know is I am not buying the "official" theories of hit wires etc.

Monsanto and the bees makes sense. But the birds and fish -----> NOTHING!!!!!!

I'm also stumped on this one, the stained blue beaks is quite unusual. If it's said to be from possible poisoning first words that springs to mind is chemtrails/HAARP. Then again what would the conspiracy freaks know...lol

Fish & Bird Deaths Continue: 8,000 Doves Die with Blue Beaks

January 08, 2011 11:50 AM EST

The new wave of mass fish and bird deaths continue world-wide with the fall of 8,000 turtle doves in Italy. This time, all the birds have a blue stain on their beaks when they hit the ground. The blue stains may lead to a solution to the mystery.

Witnesses say the birds started falling one-by-one then in groups of 10 to 20. The blue beak stain is said to be a possible indication of poisoning or lack of oxygen. The cold weather is one reason given for a possible lack of oxygen, another would be the birds flew too high into an layer of thin air. Obviously, experts are confused and need tests to understand what may have happened. Definitive test results are not expected for at least a couple of weeks.

Conspiracy freaks are having a field day with the continuing reports of fish and bird deaths. Theories are circulating the globe and widely vary. The usual “coming end-of-the-world" crowd is fast on the case, while others consider government experiments or leaking satellites dropping toxic elements into the atmosphere. Some have theorized the mysterious bird deaths may be caused by the shifting of the earth’s poles. They are saying the Magnetic North Pole moving towards Russia may have affected the birds' navigation abilities. The North Pole has supposedly been shifting about 25 miles a year.

Scientists are speculating the causes of the various winter fish & bird deaths all to be natural. Winter conditions of unusual cold or drought are very likely. Anyone who spends much time in nature knows mass die-offs are common. Fish seem to be the more common in such events; however mass bird deaths are not unusual. The first news worthy event this year from Blackbirds falling in Arkansas, was thought to be from News Years Eve fireworks shocking the birds to fly at night when they cannot see what is front of them, causing the birds to collide with unseen objects. Test results are still pending in that case also.

http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978890714

Dang could this be the reason why the birds are dropping off? Assisted by HAARP or not, the shift in location of the Earth's magnetic north pole.

Shift of Earth's magnetic north pole affects Tampa airport

The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 5, 2011

Updated: 01/06/201

TAMPA - Scientists say the magnetic north pole is moving toward Russia and the fallout has reached -- of all places -- Tampa International Airport.

The airport has closed its primary runway until Jan. 13 to repaint the numeric designators at each end and change taxiway signage to account for the shift in location of the Earth's magnetic north pole.

The closure of the west parallel runway will result in more activity on the east parallel runway and more noise for residential areas of South Tampa.

The busiest runway will be re-designated 19R/1L on aviation charts. It's been 18R/36L, indicating its alignment along the 180-degree approach from the north and the 360-degree approach from the south.

Later this month, the airport's east parallel runway and the seldom used east-west runway will be closed to change signage to their new designations.

The Federal Aviation Administration required the runway designation change to account for what a National Geographic News report described as a gradual shift of the Earth's magnetic pole at nearly 40 miles a year toward Russia because of magnetic changes in the core of the planet.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/jan/05/060831/shift-of-earths-magnetic-north-pole-impacts-tampa-/news-money/