I'm putting my tinfoil on, LOL, so here goes:
What is it with animals that live in and around water, and electromagnetic anomalies? This go 'round, it looks like alligators and swans. Back during Solar Max in 2001, it was sharks. I've seen research that indicates Solar Max influences human beings as well, with some "revolutionaries" going so far as having suggested timing their revolutions to coincide with the 11 year, cyclical peak. We're just about at the midpoint of this cycle now, but the anomalies remain, as do the effects, it's beginning to seem.
Nutty? Maybe. Time will tell.
Forgot links to pertinent articles, in case anyone was wondering what wall I was off of, with my comments, lol:
http://www.carolmoore.net/articles/sunspot-cycle.html
http://www.cfos100.com/research/excitability.php
http://www.borderlands.com/sun/sunspots.htm