Commence Freaking Out: Animal Death Map!

Mediaite ^ | 1/7/10 | Alex Alverez

[EBH]

[r9etb]

And, yes: So far, the map indicates that the U.S. is the animal death capital of the world.

Well, no. The map indicates that the US is the animal death reporting capital of the world.

Big difference.

[ClearCase_guy]

[knittnmom]

So far, the map indicates that the U.S. is the animal death capital of the world.

Could this be due to the US having a more open information system than, say, China?

[cripplecreek]

And, yes: So far, the map indicates that the U.S. is the animal death capital of the world.

Incidentaly we're also the media hype capital of the world.

[tumblindice]

USA! USA! USA!

[momtothree]

Well, thank goodness we’re number 1 in something!

[ChocChipCookie]

I would guess there are a lot more of these incidents in isolated places and places with little technology.

[mnehring]

Well, no. The map indicates that the US is the animal death reporting capital of the world.

Bingo.. the media making a big deal about nothing..

Birds Falling From the Sky Not Unusual The only unusual part of the recent spate of bird (and fish) die-offs is that people witnessed them. (from Discovery)

[pgkdan]

From dead snapper in New Zealand to birds exploding over Arkansas, troubling animal deaths are just a click away.

Just a wee bit alarmist...no? Birds didn't actually explode in AR...they just dropped from the sky.

I heard folks talking about the disappearance of Rock Fish from VA waters this winter AND the sudden death of millions of juvenile spot in the Chesapeake Bay as two very odd occurances. Actually nothing odd at all except that December was unusually cold. The sudden cold killed off a lot of baby Spot and baby spot are the number one food source for the Rock Fish...who migrated south to the Outer Banks...about a month early...looking for warmer waters and more abundant food. Not exactly end of the world stuff...

[Carpe Cerevisi]

“Aflockalypse Now”

[mamelukesabre]

Lets see a map of human die offs now. I bet north america isn’t leader of that pack.

[Vaduz]

So that’s where Mas has been test firing it’s death ray beams,UFO’s to pick up sampels soon.

[HereInTheHeartland]

The Internet allows people with too much time on their hands to obsess about mundane things. And make them into a crisis.

Weather news is always made into a crisis now by media outlets, to drive traffic to their websites as one small example.

[AU72]

Let me see a the same map with a 5 year spread.

[muawiyah]

Naw, we're number one ~ that's because THE NEXT ICE AGE STARTS HERE.

These guys can have all the runaway greenhouse effect going on in the rest of the world, but the ice happens in North America and that's due to intense cold ~ over and over and over.

Eventually the ice builds up in Canada, and slops over into the Corn Belt, and about then the rest of the world starts to die too ~ and it's all over for the next 100,000 years.

[xrmusn]

Bingo.. the media making a big deal about nothing..
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

This probably comes under the ‘$-it Happens’ category.

After millions of dollars are ‘wasted’ the final discovery will be the ‘victims’ just got tired of doing the same old thing day after day.

Like the “Hold my beer and watch this”.

All of a sudden the lead bird got tired of flapping his wings and his minions followed suit....

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Lets see a map of human die offs now. I bet north america isn’t leader of that pack.

We certainly are if you count abortions.

[Moonman62]

At least this is taking attention away from the “missile” off the California coast.

[epithermal]

I just wish it was happening with the Canadian geese that fly over my place. I would love to fill my freezer with them.