Mysterious mass animal deaths in U.S.A, Britain, and Sweden. Updated.

[Fwee]

I read it was caused by fireworks. Seems plausible, but the aliens seemed like they were keeping secrets from me the last time we talked.

 

[Hayday]

solar activity....................................
or just fireworks

 

[Retardinator]

We're talking fish, crabs and birds...
I'm thinking

Spoiler: The masterminds behind all of this

Fingers crossed, hoping for a zombie outbreak, though. Those crabs should just jump back to (un)life in a matter of days.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

The link tells you how they died. It's not exactly a mystery. The shellfish froze and the birds got scared shitless and died. The two incidents are connected by the fact that new year is in the winter and so is the cold weather.

Not aliens, not 2012, not complete and utter coincidence, just how the world works. Birds scare easily and shellfish freeze well. Lets make the most of the other thousands of dead crab and put them back into the local fish shops and get a good deal on some crab legs.

 

[manythings]

It's the trees trying to murder M Night Shayamalan.

Some how, I think that film critics will be the first to attempt to murder M Night Shayamalan.

At least he's a director thats TRYING to make something

They're probobly after Micheal Bay, this did start happening after the release of the title of Transformers 3

He's trying but he's also failing without remorse and, apparently, with zero consequence.

 

[badgersprite]

It's the trees trying to murder M Night Shayamalan.

Honestly, the first thing that came into my mind upon seeing this thread was that scene with Mark Wahlberg, "Why are the bees disappearing? Don't you care about the bees?"

 

[BlackWidower]

This happened last year just wasn't big in the news. New Year's fireworks. Yup. They get the shit scared out of them, take-off, then fly around till their little birdie hearts go pop. T T

...and the crabs? Also, why don't we hear the same thing on Canada Day?

Look, it's obviously something, but it's likely nothing to be worried about. There has to be a logical explanation beyond "it's a coincidence."

 

[annoyinglizardvoice]

Global warming = UK gets bigger fluxuation in weather = animals caught of guard by sudden cold.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Well probably fireworks caused some shock to birds and sea creatures could be due to extra pollutants or the extra cold winter.

 

[Hyper-space]

Global warming = UK gets bigger fluxuation in weather = animals caught of guard by sudden cold.

This. I imagine the poor birds not being that capable when it comes to man-made climate change.

The crabs might die or whatever in cooler/warmer sea, or maybe their food supply is dying out, who knows.

 

[brooklynlord]

Global (un)warming?

 

[woots7]

The link tells you how they died. It's not exactly a mystery. The shellfish froze and the birds got scared shitless and died. The two incidents are connected by the fact that new year is in the winter and so is the cold weather.

Not aliens, not 2012, not complete and utter coincidence, just how the world works. Birds scare easily and shellfish freeze well. Lets make the most of the other thousands of dead crab and put them back into the local fish shops and get a good deal on some crab legs.

i like crab legs

hoorah

 

[Scarecrow]

And so it begins:

 

[Psycho Cat Industries]

Who threw dynamite in the water?

 

[T-Bone24]

I hear that animals have been dieing since the beginning of life!

Chilling stuff, I know.

 

[kokoska]

This happened last year just wasn't big in the news. New Year's fireworks. Yup. They get the shit scared out of them, take-off, then fly around till their little birdie hearts go pop. T T

...and the crabs? Also, why don't we hear the same thing on Canada Day?

Look, it's obviously something, but it's likely nothing to be worried about. There has to be a logical explanation beyond "it's a coincidence."

in the case of the crabs, the article linked explains that this happens every year. the crabs forage, it gets cold, many of them die due to hypothermia, but the species moves on.

in the case of the birds, well, this kind of thing is less uncommon than you might immagine, especialy when fireworks are present.

fish are spooky though.

i wouldnt head for the hills yet.

 

[Gekkeiju]

Yes I thought FlashForward too. ^__^

Something to do with the Icelandic volcano causing it to be cold, ergo things dying off? Something like that anyway..

 

[Brian Hendershot]

Haha one of my friends just told me about this. Apparently this happened close to were she goes to school at. Some people were thinking it was the return of God or something. Go figure.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Gotta love how fireworks kill crabs, apparently. Crabs die of hypothermia, and fish die by some weird fish STD that they don't pass beyond their species. Now, when dogs start playing poker, let me know.

 

[Geekosaurus]

It's the Rabbit's Foot. This covers everything.