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Following the thousands of red winged blackbirds falling dead out of the sky in Arkansas, there are now further reports of dead birds in Louisiana and Sweden and dead fish in N. Zealand the US and Brazil.

Examiner.com

Dead birds in Louisiana; dead fish in Maryland, Brazil and New Zealand

After reports over the weekend of thousands of dead birds falling from the sky in Arkansas and around 100,000 dead fish washing up on the shores of the Arkansas River, more mysteries abound with hundreds of birds dying in Louisiana, dead fish in Maryland, dead sardines on Brazil’s beaches, and hundreds of snapper floating in New Zealand waters.

The Advocate in Baton Rouge reports that around 500 small birds, some of them starlings, have fallen out of the sky on Louisiana Highway 1 near Pointe Coupee Parish. Spokesperson for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Bo Boehringer, told the New York Daily News “We have sent bird carcasses to two individual labs to obtain toxicology reports.”

Expressen: (free translation)

Mysterious bird deaths in Falköping

About 40 dead birds covered the ground last night at an intersection.
– It was a horrible sight, “said a resident who discovered the birds on his
evening walk. The police did not know what the mass death could depend on.

Both emergency services and the county administration are investigating the case.

New Zealand Herald:

Hundreds of snapper dead on beaches

Fisheries officials are investigating the death of hundreds of snapper washed up on Coromandel Peninsula beaches. Beachgoers at Little Bay and Waikawau Bay found the fish – many with their eyes missing – dead on the sand yesterday.

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/220958-Brazil-100-tons-of-dead-fish-wash-up-on-shore

A survey conducted by the Federation of Fishermen’s Colony of Paraná, Paranaguá on the coast of the state, indicates that at least 100 tons of fish
(sardine, croaker and catfish) have turned up dead since last Thursday off the coast of Parana.

Probably just coincidence and with ready and natural explanations, but ……….

Tags: Dead birds, dead blackbirds, dead fish

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