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  • Scores of Fish Beach Themselves in N.C. - "Jubilee" - oxygen levels messing with the fishies?

    02/27/2006 11:07:22 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 23 replies · 1,005+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/27/06 | AP
    JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - State and local wildlife experts are trying to figure out what led more than a thousand flounder, spot and pin fish to beach themselves at the Marine Corps' New River air base — and then swim away. They believe it may be related to a popular phenomenon known in coastal Alabama as "jubilee." The fish surfaced in shallow water Friday morning. They were lethargic, but alive. "It's kind of strange," said Mike Sanderford, New River Riverkeeper. "It's a bunch of fish up here, but they're not dead. They're almost docile." When he arrived, Sanderford said, the fish...