Posted on 01/04/2011 7:27:22 PM PST by TaraP
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Thousands of dead fish are floating in Volusia County Tuesday. They were all in Spruce Creek in Port Orange. The fish kill is unusual, according to people who live along the creek, because it's warm.
It's been a week since there were freezing temperatures, but there are fish lining the banks. Some said it's the worst kill they've ever seen; thousands of fish lined the twists and turns of Spruce Creek.
The sheer number of fish and the smell were both overwhelming.
"It was fun last night trying to sleep with the smell going on," said resident Sunny Morningstar.
Buzzards and pelicans flocked to the site Tuesday and swarmed above the water. They filled trees and private boat docks and waited at the water's edge for an easy meal.
Kayakers on the creek told WFTV, that during their five-hour paddle, they'd seen fish around every bend and it appeared to be one of the most extensive kills they had seen.
Residents told WFTV the fish kill is big enough that it's attracting brown and white pelicans from the beach, which are birds they rarely see this far inland.
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It’s Florida...:)
Simply substitute "fish" for "bird" in the above instructions. I.E. Google "mass fish deaths".
It happens. Today we have the Internet... so stories like this can take on a whole life of their own.
I think it means the fish have been dead awhile...
Maybe it is the BP Oil Spill, they have been very quiet it about that lately...
I think those were the one in Arkansas
http://www.ktsm.com/arkansas/days-after-arkansas-louisiana-reports-hundreds-of-birds-falling-dead-from-sky
Autopsies conducted on 17 birds revealed the birds died due to multiple blunt trauma to their vital organs. Poison has been ruled out, and state biologists believe stress or weather might have played a vital role.
This doesn't really say that avian flu has been ruled out, but it's not mentioned. In another article I read:
Health officials have said that there was no sign of disease in the birds, but test results won't be in for at least a week.
That article describes what a chicken looks like in necropsy if it had bird flu and what these birds looked like. You would have to read the details and decide, but the health officials said they saw no sign of it. That's all I can tell you, I'm not an expert. http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212341561.shtml
Clearly fish flu.
Me tinks its dem Amish playing with new toxins- biological/chemcial, maybeeeee viruses.
Have the Amish lands been affected? Or is the focus that Island called America, both North and South? Any reports from Europe? Mid East?
Oh, that was a creepy movie!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
the thing is both cases were of one species
a storm or fireworks wouldnt target one species of animal
Why in the world would you depend on the feds?I can’t believe people would put ANY faith in any government in the world.
I think you've pinpointed the reason why this gives me the chills. In August of 2001, all of the media were focused on shark attacks. Little did we know the true horror to follow those days.
being dead
Could be the “Amish”; could be the Eco-freaks. They have had a tough few months and they need some momentum on their side.
Exactly....
Somehow I think the Birds and the Fish are under some kind of stress coming from maybe the Magnetic Field, this is also happening with Bumblebees which are dying off...
Yeah, massive die off of fish and birds AT THE SAME TIME, are so common! /s
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