(CNN) — Authorities in Maryland are investigating the deaths of about 2 million fish in Chesapeake Bay. “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.”
Am I the only one who is keeping creeped out with all the recent deaths of the birds and fish??
The investigation comes days after the deaths of an estimated 100,000 fish in northwest Arkansas. Authorities suspect disease was to blame there, a state spokesman said.
In Maryland, preliminary tests showed water quality to be acceptable, officials said.
“The affected fish are almost exclusively juvenile spot fish, 3 to 6 inches in length,” the Maryland department said. A recent survey “showed a very strong population of spot in the bay this year. An increased juvenile population and limited deep water habitat would likely compound the effects of cold water stress.”
Large winter kills of spot fish have occurred at least twice before in the state, in 1976 and 1980, the department said.
#EndOfDays Are Approaching. Damn, I need to find a Jehovah Witness.
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yeah aight
real talk, first birds now this. whats next?
Awe maann…damit! Not in my state….damit man..this is a seafood state…somethins up cause no local tv station has said anythin bout it
Its feeling more and more like the end times… birds falling from the sky all over the world, cattle and buffalo dying in their thousands (apparently of cold??? Who believes that shit!) penguins found dead in their hundreds, fish all over the world found dead en masse… devastating floods all over the globe, strange and sudden weather changes, periodic pole shifts ie Tampa Bay airport… Riots and politicical unrest in the Middle East… not to forget a pointless war in that part of the world… somethings going on and it doesnt feel ‘natural’ to me…