What's with all these animals dying en masse recently?

Dave!

Hey folks,

This story was posted elsewhere, and I've seen it before...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344345/Animal-death-mystery-Jackdaws-Sweden-fish-Brazil-New-Zealand-crabs-England.html

It seems that dozens of animals are dying at the same time, and people are having trouble explaining it

Is this a real phenomenon, or is it being exaggerated?

Any theories that might explain it?

Capt'n Midnight

green river is simply Fluorescein dye you'll see lots more on March 17th
bad journalism to link it to anything, as it's a fairly non-toxic dye


unlucky for a flock of birds to fly into a fireworks display

the rest is people looking for patterns that can't be explained by the bad weather and the usual fish kills - how has wild life been affected by the recent snow falls, last time round I saw swans walking around on the ice

animals die in bad weather, happens all the time, this is why maybe half of all small birds die each winter,


have the seal and dolphin deaths stopped or are they just unreported these days ?

Dave!

A slightly more sober account offered here

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/01/06/2011-01-06_dead_birds_fish_around_world_spark_flood_of_conspiracy_theories_from_end_of_day.html

Rubecula

Everything that lives or that has ever lived faces death sooner or later. It is a fact of life (no pun intended)

In modern times we have more access to information and access to actual events so we hear or see more of it. I do not see anything to be worried overduly by just yet.