8,000 turtle doves fall dead in Italy with strange blue stain on their beaks

[The Straight Story]

Mystery of mass animal death epidemic deepens after 8,000 turtle doves fall dead in Italy with strange blue stain on their beaks

Blue stain believed to be sign of poisoning or hypoxia - lack of oxygen that is precursor to altitude sickness
Cold weather and overbreeding blamed for deaths of two 2million fish in Chesapeake Bay
Disease behind deaths of 100,000 fish in Arkansas River
At least nine incidents of mass animal deaths across the globe
Hundreds of confused birds plummeted to their deaths in multiple locations in the U.S.
Rapid movement of Magnetic North Pole towards Russia may have caused bird deaths


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.
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.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344913/Animal-death-mystery-Two-MILLION-dead-fish-wash-Maryland-bay.html#ixzz1ANEsSvTY

[SoCalDem]

1. I vote...poisoning

probably accidentally from drinking at an industrially polluted water source:(

[Major Hogwash]

8. Drinking oil

It is still out there.

Thank you, BP!!

[mdmc]

2. more fireworks

:eyes:

[The Straight Story]

3. Maybe it was that California missile that was really a plane, maybe it was just a big firework

My guess, it has something to do with the sun and we need to get the birds little tin foil hats.

[Swede]

4. Momma mia!

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. The Blue Stain is flying at the wrong altitude

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.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344913/Animal-death-mystery-Two-MILLION-dead-fish-wash-Maryland-bay.html#ixzz1ANNhuwR0


See also the Science Forum ..... why is the magnetic pole racing to Siberia and closing
Florida Airports?


DU Science Forum: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x74917

[The Straight Story]

6. Either that or they hit a flock of smurfs (nt)

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

7. I get it that all of these die-offs aren't unusual, BUT...

...historically, do they occur in the same week across continents?

When I see that evidence, I'll be satisfied.

[elocs]

9. When there are die-offs do they all get reported worldwide in the same week?

My guess is that if animal die-offs had been reported everyday in every place across the world where they occurred in 2010 people would think the sky was falling or that we were on the edge of an apocalypse.

The truth is that some people will not be satisfied no matter how much evidence is presented. That is why we have global warming/climate change deniers.

[slackmaster]

10. Key word is "reported"

HTH

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. As long as the partridge in a pear tree is safe

[snooper2]

12. My water balloons and launcher worked!

WOOO HOOO!!!!!!! :bounce: