Oh balls!
Considering the state of “journolism” I’d just say this is a case of reporters dredging up any unusual wildlife news here and around the world to get us going. I’m wondering if what’s going on is all that statistically unusual or if the only thing unusual is all the attention being paid to it.
Just a year ago this would all be proof positive of Global Warming and that’s what the headlines would lead with. Recall that stories about unusually aggressive behavior on the part of stingrays (in the wake of Steve Irwin’s death) was being dredged up a few years ago and being put forward as being somehow caused by Global Warming.
This could just as easily be a harbinger of the next 9/11. Recall the summer of 2001 being full of stories of shark attacks. All we need is for another petty political sex scandal (Chandra Levy) and we’re gonna git bombs.
Oh, I know that ‘global warming’ is a bunch of hooey, and the the enviro-nazis would do whatever it takes to further their agenda. I’m certainly not swayed into thinking these incidents have ANY merit as far as they are concerned.
However, this whole thing about mass deaths of birds and fish in various places around the world....it just strikes me as disturbingly creepy.