Thousands of dead octopuses wash up on Portugal beach

[phantom power]

Thousands of dead octopuses have washed up on a beach in northern Portugal, in what is being called an environmental disaster.

They cover a 5-mile stretch of Vila Nova de Gaia beach - no reason has yet been found for their appearance.

The authorities have warned the public not to eat them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8438477.stm

[tblue]

1. Eeek! What is up?

[Laura902]

2. Probably related to the stupidity

of the most "intelligent" primate on Earth. Quite sad:cry:

[Mojorabbit]

3. I am watching stories like this

and the sea lions disappearing off the west coast. Probably unrelated but..

[madokie]

4. After reading about the ships full of nuke waste being sunk by the mafia

I wonder if these kinds of things are more of the same, humans dumping some toxic waste of some sort and these octopuses deaths is the results

[Ready4Change]

5. That's odd, isn't it?

That many octopuses? I could see them being squid, as they swarm and travel in packs and such. But I don't think of octopuses have nearly that large a population density?