5000 birds and 100,000 fish suddenly die in Arkansas

[Chardon]

Peyton Hillis actually ಠ_ಠ

 

[Soda]

The fish probably died because of a chemical or toxin in their water, the birds probably ate the dead floating fish and died from the chemical in or on the fish.

Bioaccumulation, very plausible theory.

Something about the one species thing in the water makes it not add up, in my opinion. Unless the pollutant somehow finds its way into the drum fish's diet (that would need to be unique compared to other fish in the water) and the birds were to eat the fish/same thing that the drum fish do, I don't think it would be a pollution/contamination.

I'm for the Peyton Hills returning home theory.

 

[Otsego Mar]

Hundreds more drum fish are sick and have been sent to the University of Arkansas for testing.

We'll soon find out.

Instead, Goodwin said he suspected that the drum fish may have experienced a population boom this summer that created more competition for food and sapped the weaker ones of their ability to fight off disease.

At first, I didn't buy this. But on 2nd thought, this may be the case (assuming the bird deaths were not related to the fish deaths)...especially considering it was only 1 species of fish.

 

[Lee]

Have you guys ever been to Arkansas?

Just talking to the locals made 5000 brain cells die on the spot. This all makes perfect sense.

 

[TAS]

Who farted?

 

[KCOTT]

Could be the first nice day after Christmas so all the 7-10 year old Arkansas kids who got Red Ryder BB Guns decided to try it out.

 

[JSS2306]

 

[DDJ7777]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12105157

US scientists believe fireworks may have caused thousands of birds to fall from the sky over an Arkansas town on New Year's Eve.

Karen Rowe, of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said the red-winged blackbirds probably flew low to avoid explosions and collided with objects.

However, she stopped short of declaring the mystery solved, saying further tests on the dead birds are planned.

Officials say more than 3,000 birds fell over the city of Beebe.

The few that survived their fall stumbled around like drunken revellers, witnesses said.

Birds were "littering the streets, the yards, the driveways, everywhere," said Robby King, a county wildlife officer.

"It was hard to drive down the street in some places without running over them."

Initial laboratory reports said the birds had died from trauma, the AGFC said.

Residents reported hearing loud fireworks just before the birds started raining from the sky.

"They started going crazy, flying into one another," said AGFC spokesman Keith Stephens.

The birds also hit homes, cars, trees and other objects, and some could have flown hard into the ground.

"The blackbirds were flying at rooftop level instead of treetop level" to avoid explosions above, said Ms Rowe, an ornithologist.

"Blackbirds have poor eyesight, and they started colliding with things."

Beebe police chief Capt Eddie Cullum said they were inundated with calls from residents who saw the birds fall.

Poisoning has been ruled out after several cats and dogs that ate the dead birds suffered no ill effects, he added.

However, another theory is that a violent thunderstorm could have disoriented a roost of blackbirds.

Tornadoes swept through Arkansas and neighbouring states on 31 December, killing seven people.

City authorities have hired a specialist waste disposal firm to collect the dead birds from gardens and rooftops, and remove them.

 

[The Oi]

2012/Illuminati people foiled with yet another logical explanation...

 

[Rondo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12105157

lol @ fireworks theory

 

[The Oi]

lol @ fireworks theory

FYI You're lol'ing at what will most likely be confirmed as the actual answer.

 

[Rondo]

FYI You're lol'ing at what will most likely be confirmed as the actual answer.

i hope its something more exciting than that

 

[Maximus]

FYI You're lol'ing at what will most likely be confirmed as the actual answer.

Fuck you, you conservative prick. You know if was George Bush's death ray. It's no coincidence that only black birds were killed. This coverup will be exposed, just like Bush's missile into the Pentagon and his wiring the 220 floors of the WTC with C4.

 

[Chardon]

Fuck you, you conservative prick. You know if was George Bush's death ray. It's no coincidence that only black birds were killed. This coverup will be exposed, just like Bush's missile into the Pentagon and his wiring the 220 floors of the WTC with C4.

WikiLeaks has documents that the cause of all these birds dieing leads back to the Bush death ray.

 

[Rondo]

george bush death ray