Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana

[morosco]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#1

Posted: 1/4/11 at 10:19pm

Today it emerged that about 500 red-winged blackbirds and starlings had been found dead in Louisiana just a few days after up to 5,000 blackbirds fell to earth in neighboring Arkansas.

In even more grim news, anglers and other members of the public reported that more than 80,000 drum fish had suddenly died in the state's Arkansas river.

In another incident, hundreds of miles away on the Maryland coast of Chesapeake Bay, tens of thousands of dead fish also washed up on the shore.


More mystery bird deaths reported, this time in Louisiana

[Borstalboy]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#2

Posted: 1/4/11 at 10:22pm

I'm sure somehow it will be the gay's fault.

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[JustAGuy]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#2

Posted: 1/4/11 at 10:44pm

I'm pretty sure that Pat Robertson will be giving his reasons for why this happened. No doubt it was caused by the repeal of DADT, in combination with GLEE.

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Updated On: 1/4/11 at 10:44 PM

[fingerlakessinger]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#3

Posted: 1/4/11 at 10:58pm

I know that this may not explain the birds dying but could all that oil be killing the fish? I mean, how much was dumped into the ocean over a period of a few months? I'm sure that wouldnt just simply "disappear"

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[SNAFU]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#4

Posted: 1/4/11 at 11:19pm

They are saying the birds seem to have died from blunt force trauma. Could it be the military testing one of those air canon type weapons?

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[ghostlight2]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#5

Posted: 1/4/11 at 11:47pm

My question regarding the blunt force trauma theory? These birds fell out of the sky, from a considerable height. How do they differentiate the damage from that from whatever injured them to begin with?

[Q]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#6

Posted: 1/4/11 at 11:59pm

Not just in America . . .

[wonderwaiter]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#7

Posted: 1/5/11 at 1:45am

Julie Taymor is directing flocks of birds, now?

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[morosco]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#8

Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:52am

Mysterious bird deaths hit Sweden

[taximom]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#9

Posted: 1/5/11 at 11:13am

Did anyone watch the TV series Flash Forward? Just saying...

[JerseyGirl2]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#10

Posted: 1/5/11 at 11:27am

Falköping is about 20 minutes from where I live and one of the places I go to shop. Weird. People shoot off a LOT of fireworks around New Year here, so that could have something to do with it.

I truly think the US issue is a military one and they are hoping people just stop talking about it.


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Updated On: 1/5/11 at 11:27 AM

[Unknown User]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#11

Posted: 1/5/11 at 11:31am

Remember the Summer of the Shark? Summer 2001 when we were inundated with shark attacks? Something drove those sharks to attack in unprecedented numbers. Except it didn't- turns out there was actually a LOWER than usual number of shark attacks, but for some reason the media paid inordinate attention to the ones that did happen.

And now this- birds dying mysteriously. Like they always do. Nature is cruel- animals die. Ever see Lion King? Circle of Life? Birds are stressed, there is some trigger (a loud noise, a cold snap, a warm snap) and bam, a flock of birds die. But luckily we have the media to make it seem mysterious and threatening.

[kover22]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#12

Posted: 1/5/11 at 12:57pm

The weird thing is that the birds insides were all battered like blunt force trauma was the cause but they weren't mangled much on the outside.

Its too freaky!!!!! lol

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[morosco]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#13

Posted: 1/5/11 at 1:17pm

Remember the Summer of the Shark? Summer 2001 when we were inundated with shark attacks?

I remember. And at the end of that summer 9/11 happened. I hope this bird/fish thing isn't a precursor of something bad.

[Unknown User]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#14

Posted: 1/5/11 at 1:38pm

I hardly think the number of shark reports had anything to do with 9/11.
Updated On: 1/5/11 at 01:38 PM

[morosco]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#15

Posted: 1/5/11 at 1:58pm

ya think?

[Reginald Tresilian]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#16

Posted: 1/5/11 at 2:01pm

I agree we shouldn't read too much into it with so few facts, but I was struck by the quote from the Livestock and Poultry Commission spokesman who said that the largest number of similar deaths that he'd seen was "a couple dozen."

Last I heard, this count was above 5,000.

It's still weird. Explainable, I assume. But weird.

[madbrian]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#17

Posted: 1/5/11 at 2:15pm

It's Raining Wren!

No? Too soon?

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[morosco]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#18

Posted: 1/5/11 at 2:24pm

[Gothampc]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#19

Posted: 1/5/11 at 2:54pm

Where was Tippi Hedren on the day in question?

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[D2]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#20

Posted: 1/5/11 at 3:26pm

On cable. They've been running "The Birds" quite frequently the last month of so on one of the movie channels.

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[Eris0303]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#21

Posted: 1/5/11 at 6:19pm

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[violet72]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#22

Posted: 1/5/11 at 9:26pm

and now a river turned Green
wow

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[JerseyGirl2]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#23

Posted: 1/5/11 at 10:12pm

Sounds like a prankster dropped something in the fountain earlier in the day and it ended up running down river later.

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[Eris0303]

Apocalypse now? Mystery bird deaths hit Louisiana#24

Posted: 1/5/11 at 11:12pm

If you read the comments someone mentions an "artist" who does that. So, that could explain it as well.

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".