Millions of dead fish washed up at the King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach, California on Tuesday. Experts suggest they died of suffocation after getting confused by bad weather. However, the cause of death for the millions of fish has not been officially confirmed.
The California dead fish event raises questions about a possible connection to similar sudden, massive wildlife deaths reported earlier this year in Arkansas, Virginia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, California, Maryland, Illinois, Sweden, New Zealand, Italy, and Brazil.
In addition to dead fish, millions of birds throughout the world have also suddenly died. The worldwide epidemic of unexplained deaths began with a tragedy that involved 5,000 blackbirds in Beebe, Arkansas, on New Year’s Day, 2011.
The mysterious wildlife deaths have been blamed on everything from fireworks to weather. But many believe that suddenly massive fatalities in birds and fish on a worldwide scale are a sign of deeper problems.
“Ecological indicators are useful tools for measuring changes over time, and provide valuable insights into how and why the environment is changing,” according to retired CSU Biological Sciences professor Dr. Roger Lederer. “Birds are excellent indicators because we know so much about their biology and life histories.”
Some people suggest that the recent rash of bird and fish deaths are a sign of prophesy related to the Apocalypse and end of the world. Others believe that it is related to serious ecological disruption through climate change or pollution. Whatever the underlying cause is, it currently remains a mystery to the scientific community.
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