Commence Freaking Out: Animal Death Map!

Mediaite ^ | 1/7/10 | Alex Alverez

[EBH]

As we approach the end of time amid a flurry of bloody feathers, fish carcasses, and plentiful crab cakes, Google has, as it always does, given us a means of approaching our imminent demise easily and with style.

A new Google Map created yesterday – “Mass Animal Deaths” – shows areas of the world that have experienced a recent wave of animal deaths, complete with a link to an article explaining each instance, as well as the number of animals found dead in each case. From dead snapper in New Zealand to birds exploding over Arkansas, troubling animal deaths are just a click away.

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

[day10]

Everyone needs to calm down and eat some fruit or something!

I loves me that movie!

[cripplecreek]

No big deal says Smithsonian bird curator.

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/01/smithsonian-bird-curator-die-off-is-not-such-a-big-deal/

[DManA]

Oddly enough, the USGS tracks these things in the us.

http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/mortality_events/ongoing.jsp

Tracks the explanations for the deaths too.

[placerville]

Decoding the Bird-Death Maps

http://thehairpin.com/2011/01/decoding-the-bird-death-maps/

[hennie pennie]

*bookmark*

[DManA]

Did you just make that up?

Very good.

[Joe 6-pack]

There were thousands of fireants that dropped dead in my backyard in Louisiana this past weekend.

Of course that was after I soaked their mound with gasoline and torched them.

[muawiyah]

The news report said that event occurred in CHESAPEAKE BAY NEW ZEALAND ~ which, alas, doesn't really exist.

So, we don't know where it happened but some suspect someone was lost and got sick eating dead crab found floating around.

[wyowolf]

thats not fair!!!

Obamacare hasnt fully kicked in yet!!

[MNlurker]

At this point with the media hype I’d be more concerned about a significant Al Queda attack a-la Shark Attack Summer 2001...

[Carpe Cerevisi]

No, saw it somewhere else and just added “Now” to the end.

[Jolla]

As my euro friends say the USA is always #1 in confidence.

[muawiyah]

Naw, early on I cranked that one back into the mix. We have large numbers of animals showing up bumped, crushed, cranked or fried and all of one species.

So, we have a MILE WIDE MISSILE blasting off on the West Coast. There's a MILE WIDE UFO in Texas a couple of months ago. There're events in Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and if you go back through all these stories it looks like a UFO with a malfunctioning "background stealth projection unit".

So, nothing to worry about ~ happens all the time.

[Uncle Miltie]

Can we get a mass-RINO death in D.C.? Please?

[GOPJ]

“Aflockalypse Now”

Good one!

[DManA]

That is truth. US students rank well done the line in math test scores but are #1 in their self assessment of their math skills.

[GOPJ]

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

Good idea! I'd like to see where the real problems are - rather than just the stuff that appeals to liberal journalists.

[NavyCanDo]

Glenn Beck did a pretty good job putting this all in perspective. Doing simple Google searches for “mysterious bird kills or fish kills by year” you will see that it's not all that unusual. Pick a year, and you can find a headline someplace in the World where thousands of birds die, or fish wash up.

[mad_as_he$$]

Exactly!

[tumblindice]

Pass this on to your Euro friends, will you:
take a bath or shower every now and then.