[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!

[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.

[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.

[day10]

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

I loves me that movie!

[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*

[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.

[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...