He lives in good ole' Ireland so anything that goes on within the US and only the US is technically localized to him.Quote:
Originally Posted by SickbyDefinition
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He lives in good ole' Ireland so anything that goes on within the US and only the US is technically localized to him.Quote:
Originally Posted by SickbyDefinition
Maybe I did read the links and don't know the geography of the U.S. very well?Quote:
Originally Posted by SickbyDefinition
Maybe I added the part in brackets so my post seemed slightly on-topic and not totally spam?
Maybe I like to ask rhetorical questions?
EDIT: Acer, I can't say you're wrong about that. :D My small-minded thoughts...
I havent had a chance to check the links properly yet, And i dont have an answer as to why!
But i do work with birds, and a little random bit of information every bird keeper knows is:
Birds are strange animals when it comes to illnesses. Most of the time they can be absolutely fine one min then the next ... well you get the idea. Ive seen many birds just drop dead, sometimes i have 24 hours warning and watch them rapidly go down hill. Some times i can have an ill bird, nurse it better then just when i think im out of the woods... Legs in the air.
If there was a fast acting disease in the birds population, depending on how closely related these birds are
(short Boi lesson: When a species in interbred the gene pool they have will decrease .. over many years they become so inbred they pretty much have the same genetic makeup, meaning if a disease was to hit ... they would all be wiped out. Cheaters have this - they are 99.5% the same when it comes to the gene make up - if my memory severs me right, meaning 1 disease - goodbye cheaters)
However Saying that ... Even if they were all closely related, and a virus hit, I would expect the deaths to happen over a few weeks, not all at once.
As for the fish, I think as some one mentioned earlier 1% change or 1oC change in the water make up can drastically effect a population of fish, most are not good or quick adaptors.
Having not fully read the articles, but gone mainly on what was said in the OP. Im slightly worried about these events. Hopefully its nothing, but even then losing a flock of 5k birds from an area can have drastic effects on the eco system in that area.
And thats my little lesson over… :D
(And my lecturers at college told me id never remember any of this...)
I read somehwere that some of the birds had trauma? That makes me think something like lighning or foreworks caused this. Maybe hitting one of them that caused panic with the others.
But then again, most of the things mentions could be possible. I'm curious what it was. On the matter of the fish, that could just be a coincidence, right?
What is even more odd is that yesterday I saw this news report;
Here's the source: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?se...rld&id=7880300Quote:
STOCKHOLM - January 5, 2011 -- Officials say about 50 birds have been found dead on a street in Sweden.
Also... the crabs. 40k died, possibly by hypothermia.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/ar...eath-mysteries
I'm wondering if it might just look like this happens a lot more because the case of the Jackdaws has drawn our attention. But even if so, its a good thing to wake up people when it comes to animals.
I have heard isolated cases of this happening, however ive not heard anything on this scale in such a short space of time. theones ive heard of are far and few between.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Luda
Its sparked my intrest so much, Im going to try and go back to college on monday and speak to one of my old lectures about it. See what i can dig up.
Ill let you all know what he says.
Pls do so!Quote:
Originally Posted by XxflamesxX
Here's an article that got all events pretty much summed up. I thought it might be easier. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/wor...-1225983198265
Nice find...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Luda
I might email him and get information quicker. Its prob nothing to worry about and all easly explained. But im rather fasinated!
Same here, tho I now found thisQuote:
Originally Posted by XxflamesxX
and If that's actually true... man whata bad stunt. :duh:Quote:
Thousands of Dead Blackbirds Fall on Arkansas as Part of Movie Advertising Stunt
http://www.benningtonvalepress.com/2...s-fall-on.html
hmm... intresting, well mail sent, lets see what he says, i hope its not a stunt, it leads to a boring end to the tale!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Luda
Hey wait a second first 5,000 then 500 and then 50 those are the numbers of birds dying this is really odd. P.S. I think those are the numbers.