Dumb Dead Animal Panic Thread (Don't make any more threads about this) - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Ultimate7MK;27232630]Arizona isn't near the ocean.[/QUOTE] That's the point.

[QUOTE=yawmwen;27232644]That's the point.[/QUOTE] :downs:

who was that no-life that counted all the crabs?

Well... assuming it is some kind of plague that's spreading all over the globe, what exactly are any of us going to do about it? Might as well go about our business as usual.

[QUOTE=ravioolz;27232771]who was that no-life that counted all the crabs?[/QUOTE] The person they hired to do so. Not really a no-life if you're gettin paid.

[QUOTE=M_B;27232530] only nearly 2 years too early[/QUOTE] It's, like, leading up to it.

What the fuck is going on

We must go to the source!

Me thinks its just the collateral damage of the changing climates ( hardly collateral because its sad tho )

It's kind of like whatever to me.

[QUOTE=ravioolz;27232771]who was that no-life that counted all the crabs?[/QUOTE] Weigh crabs Divide by average weight of species Notice you have an approximation of how many dead crabs there are.

[quote]and, our personal favorite, “The Aflockalypse“[/quote] Corny as fuck, but damn is it a good one!

[QUOTE=ThePunisher1;27220526]What the fuck is going on world fuck To be honest, this probably happens on quite a regular basis, media have picked up on it to produce some hysteria as per usual.[/QUOTE] Speaking as a Zoologist - No, this kind of mass die-off is not normal, though the temperature reasoning is probably very good for Britain, I couldn't possibly comment on the reasons for the US related ones. Still, shit is very weird.

I am pretty sure the next animal going to die are rats

Oh shit! I found a died bird in my back yard I thought it had just died from the cold. BUT NOW I KNOW THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its a weather balloon I'm telling ya'

Fireworks

[QUOTE=Laserbeams;27220515]Why the hell does this keep happening[/QUOTE] Cthulhu is awakening.

[QUOTE=RubberFruit;27221024]The birds falling from the sky is understandable, as I heard things like that are caused by tornadoes/hurricanes picking off animals and throwing their broken corpses somewhere else.[/QUOTE] There are no tornadoes/hurricanes in sweden.

[QUOTE=VaSTinY;27236997]There are no tornadoes/hurricanes in sweden.[/QUOTE] I mean generally.

This has actually happened three times before all in the same place [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12123649[/url] 2011 [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8456514.stm[/url] 2010 Couldn't be bothered to find a source on the first time

It's obviously because of the fireworks

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;27220686]Hmm.. During the last two hundred years, the human population has grown from 1 billion to 6 fucking billion. We outnumber most animal species by far, and now they start dropping like a motherfucker! What the hell is going on?! Soon there will be nothing but humans left on the planet[/QUOTE] HAHA He thinks we outnumber most species of animals :v:

Can't say I'm exactly concerned because so far it's been land and marine animals, which there's certainly plenty of. Now when Elephants or endangered pygmy somethings start dying, then I'll be worried. Most likely just climate problems anyway.

Crabs in UK, Birds in America. It is fucking depressing.

[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;27220656][b]IT KEEPS HAPPENING[/b] :byodood:[/QUOTE] I warned you about CRABS bro! I TOLD you it would happen

[QUOTE=bravehat;27237788]HAHA He thinks we outnumber most species of animals :v:[/QUOTE] he also assumes we can all survive if there are no other species left sorry but humans cannot only feed on flowers

[QUOTE=The Toronto Star]The mysterious animal deaths continue to pile up. This time, authorities in Maryland are investigating after about two million fish washed up in Chesapeake Bay. It’s just the latest in a string of baffling animal deaths reported around the world. The growing list of casualties includes birds, fish, and crabs coming up dead in Arkansas, England, Sweden, and as far away as New Zealand. And while theories of pending apocalypse have been bandied about, officials have a simpler explanation for the latest mass die-off in Maryland: Cold weather. “Natural causes appear to be the reason,” the Maryland Department of the Environment said in a news release. “Cold water stress exacerbated by a large population of the affected species (juvenile spot fish) appears to be the cause of the kill.” Water quality was also ruled out as a possible culprit for the mass die-off, officials said. Spot fish are especially vulnerable to cold weather, and large winter kills have been reported in Maryland before, a Maryland Department of the Environment spokeswoman told the Baltimore Sun. About 15 million died in early 1976 and a smaller number in 1980. Elsewhere, hundreds of snapper fish were found dead on the beaches of Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand on Tuesday. Beachgoers found the fish, many with their eyes missing, lying lifeless on the sand. Officials there also blamed the weather for the deaths, saying fish in the Coromandel area were starving due to weather conditions. Meanwhile in England, more than 40,000 Velvet swimming crabs were found dead on the beaches. The possible reason there? Hypothermia. The Thanet shoreline is littered with the crabs, along with dead starfish, lobsters, sponges and anemones. The crabs benefit from warm seas, but when winter hits and snow covers the beaches, they just can’t handle the freezing temperatures, Tony Child, Thanet Coast Projectmanager, told the Star. “It is a horrendous crash in the population,” he said, adding similar crab deaths happened in the same place two years and five years ago. “During the winter . . . they come closer to the shore . . . foraging where the seaweed is,” he said. “There are more starfish this year that have been casualties. Lobsters have been washed in a bit frozen. Seagulls are doing quite well at the moment.” The creatures started washing up when snow blasted Europe shortly before Christmas, he said. Some local experts are researching the dead crabs, but Child said nothing can be done to prevent the massive number of deaths. “It’s just part of the circle of life,” he said. Meanwhile, about 50 jackdaw birds were found dead Wednesday on a street in Stockholm, Sweden. A veterinarian investigating the incident told the Associated Press their cause of death is unknown but that there were fireworks in the area Tuesday night. Along with shock from the fireworks, the vet listed cold weather and difficulty finding food as possible reasons for the deaths. These recent animal deaths join the thousands of others in the last week in the United States. On Tuesday, 450 birds plummeted to their deaths in Louisiana for apparently no reason. Some of these grackles, starlings, brown-headed cowbirds and red-winged blackbirds may have flown into a power line, officials said. On New Year’s Eve, more than 3,000 red-winged blackbirds inexplicably fell from the skies in Arkansas. Officials have acknowledged it is unlikely they will ever determine a cause. Wildlife experts just west of where the blackbirds were found are still trying to figure out why 100,000 drum fish washed up on the shores of the Arkansas River. A pollutant would have affected all fish, not just the one species, so investigators suspect the fish were stricken by an illness. Officials said the fish deaths are not related to those of the birds. [/QUOTE] [url]http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/917294--mystery-grows-as-2-million-fish-found-dead-in-maryland?bn=1[/url] This is not good.

What the fuck is going on in the world?

WHAT'S HAPPENiNG