Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens after 8,000 turtle doves fall dead in Italy with strange blue stain on their beaks | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1220852 United States 01/07/2011 11:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens after 8,000 turtle doves fall dead in Italy with strange blue stain on their beaks They probably saw the Pope's morning face and got spooked. Thousands of dead turtle doves rained down on roofs and cars in an Italian town in the latest in a growing spate of mass animal deaths across the globe. Quoting: ree 1220919Residents in Faenza described the birds falling to the ground like 'little Christmas balls' with strange blue stains on their beaks. Initial tests on up to 8,000 of the doves indicated that the blue stain could have been caused by poisoning or hypoxia. A witness told www.examiner.com: 'We have no idea why this happened all of a sudden. 'The doves just started falling one-by-one then in groups of 10s and 20s.' Hypoxia, a lack of oxygen, is known to cause confusion and illness in animals. It is also a common precursor to altitude sickness. Experts said results from tests on the doves will not be available for at least a week. They said that cold weather could have caused the birds' deaths as the flock was swept into a high-altitude wind storm before falling to the earth. It comes after two million dead fish were found to have washed up on shores in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. The alarming find is being blamed by authorities in Maryland on the stress caused by unusually cold water and overbreeding among spot fish. [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1220919 United Kingdom 01/07/2011 11:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens after 8,000 turtle doves fall dead in Italy with strange blue stain on their beaks They probably saw the Pope's morning face and got spooked. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1220852Thousands of dead turtle doves rained down on roofs and cars in an Italian town in the latest in a growing spate of mass animal deaths across the globe. Residents in Faenza described the birds falling to the ground like 'little Christmas balls' with strange blue stains on their beaks. Initial tests on up to 8,000 of the doves indicated that the blue stain could have been caused by poisoning or hypoxia. A witness told www.examiner.com: 'We have no idea why this happened all of a sudden. 'The doves just started falling one-by-one then in groups of 10s and 20s.' Hypoxia, a lack of oxygen, is known to cause confusion and illness in animals. It is also a common precursor to altitude sickness. Experts said results from tests on the doves will not be available for at least a week. They said that cold weather could have caused the birds' deaths as the flock was swept into a high-altitude wind storm before falling to the earth. It comes after two million dead fish were found to have washed up on shores in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. The alarming find is being blamed by authorities in Maryland on the stress caused by unusually cold water and overbreeding among spot fish. [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] lol, thats wot my hubby said |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 287857 United States 01/07/2011 04:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens after 8,000 turtle doves fall dead in Italy with strange blue stain on their beaks and HAARP due to many of the birds being violently twisted, beaks included... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1215042 Italy 01/07/2011 04:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens after 8,000 turtle doves fall dead in Italy with strange blue stain on their beaks A group of local activists bring some dead doves to a lab to get a full chemical-biological test. There's a poisoning industry nearby and they suspect some pollution covered-up by industry and local politicians. Next days we'll get a response. [link to www.beppegrillo.it] |