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Dead fish now cover 20-mile section of Arkansas River

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OZARK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas Game and Fish Commission spokesman says dead drum fish now cover a 20-mile section of the Arkansas River near Ozark.

Seven teams from the state agency visited the affected portion of the river Friday. Commission spokesman Keith Stephens says an official estimate of how many fish have died is expected on Monday, but he tells the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that the number is likely in the hundreds of thousands.

The commission determined the fish died in the river from a dam near Ozark to a bridge along State Highway 109 near
Clarksville.

Stephens says some of the live drum fish were sick and will be sent to a lab at the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff for testing.

Drum fish are bottom feeders that eat other fish and insects.

http://www.wreg.com/lifestyle/sns-ap-ar--deadfish,0,7329721.story
 
125 miles away thousands of dead blackbirds. It is the end of time I tell you, the end of time.
or just plain odd. Not sure I would want to live in that state.
 
I tell ya, it's gonna be some freaking microbe that ends the world.
 



Yeah, I had to do that....
 
125 miles away thousands of dead blackbirds. It is the end of time I tell you, the end of time.
or just plain odd. Not sure I would want to live in that state.

Apparently they think the birds were killed by fireworks. So we'll have to outlaw fireworks of course. :shrug:
 
Dead fish now cover 20-mile section of Arkansas River... 125 miles away thousands of dead blackbirds. It is the end of time I tell you, the end of time.
or just plain odd. Not sure I would want to live in that state.

I wonder why god hates Arkansas :thinking
 
Apparently they think the birds were killed by fireworks. So we'll have to outlaw fireworks of course. :shrug:

there are more dead birds now. NOT killed by fireworks. this is very weird.
 
Apparently they think the birds were killed by fireworks. So we'll have to outlaw fireworks of course. :shrug:

I think that's a stupid theory. Where were all the dead birds in the past 4th of Julys and New Years Eves?
Maybe there is a conection between the birds and the water, the bottom feeders and black birds. Are there any hatcheries/egg farms in the area. There have been fish kills in Ohio from the accidental/purposeful dumping of waste from these factory farms.
I don't know..it's a mystery for now I guess.
 
I think that's a stupid theory. Where were all the dead birds in the past 4th of Julys and New Years Eves?
Maybe there is a conection between the birds and the water, the bottom feeders and black birds. Are there any hatcheries/egg farms in the area. There have been fish kills in Ohio from the accidental/purposeful dumping of waste from these factory farms.
I don't know..it's a mystery for now I guess.

Actually - right in this area (again - I'm right near where the birds died) - there's a few farms - mostly cattle type ranches, not so much agriculture - it's too swampy for that. And there's forestry (lumber) services - lots of it. If you were to look at a map and find the location of the bird event - it's near highways 367 . . . and along highway 367 there's nothing but swamp-land - and throughout this area they do extensive milling and routine lumber-jacking - clearing significant portions of the woods year after year - they'll cycle through, let it grow over - and do it again. Just in October they finished clearing out a large area down 367 - a few miles away form the bird incident.

There's also a stream that runs through the bird-area but it's not connected to any major waterways - it's rather nasty, though . . . but if it was toxic - people would have fallen ill. though it's a swamp land and a disgusting creek - to many it provides all their food in the form of crawdads and swampligs and wahtever else they call things that live in the mud.

From what I've heard, however, they suspect that the birds were roosting (at night) - and when the fireworks started in their area they were startled, fled - and collided with eachother. I don't know how spot on that is - but it sounds quite unpleasant.

These birds aren't around, however, during the summer.

I don't know about the fish in the river - the only point to note is that they died near a damn. Perhaps toxins entered - collected on the bottom - and were not washed down current.
Usually that's what kills fish - I've heard other stories from different states where that's happened. . . I imagine it's the same situation.

I wonder why god hates Arkansas :thinking

LOL - if you lived here you'd probably hate it too.
I've never been thrilled with it - when I first moved to Arkansas (I was 13) the big debate in the news was when they were ending statewide safety inspections for autos. . .no one's very concerned about preserving nature and keeping things cleaned up.
 
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Actually - right in this area (again - I'm right near where the birds died) - there's a few farms - mostly cattle type ranches, not so much agriculture - it's too swampy for that. And there's forestry (lumber) services - lots of it. If you were to look at a map and find the location of the bird event - it's near highways 367 . . . and along highway 367 there's nothing but swamp-land - and throughout this area they do extensive milling and routine lumber-jacking - clearing significant portions of the woods year after year - they'll cycle through, let it grow over - and do it again. Just in October they finished clearing out a large area down 367 - a few miles away form the bird incident.

There's also a stream that runs through the bird-area but it's not connected to any major waterways - it's rather nasty, though . . . but if it was toxic - people would have fallen ill. though it's a swamp land and a disgusting creek - to many it provides all their food in the form of crawdads and swampligs and wahtever else they call things that live in the mud.

From what I've heard, however, they suspect that the birds were roosting (at night) - and when the fireworks started in their area they were startled, fled - and collided with eachother. I don't know how spot on that is - but it sounds quite unpleasant.

These birds aren't around, however, during the summer.

I don't know about the fish in the river - the only point to note is that they died near a damn. Perhaps toxins entered - collected on the bottom - and were not washed down current.
Usually that's what kills fish - I've heard other stories from different states where that's happened. . . I imagine it's the same situation.

i think the bird theory is ridiculous, mainly because we've never heard of that happening before.
 
i think the bird theory is ridiculous, mainly because we've never heard of that happening before.

It's strange - absolutely.
The only time I've heard of large groups of birds dying is when I watched 'Flashforward' :shrug:

I've heard of flocks dying - of course, from illnesses and in large numbers - but not mid-flight like this where they literally fell dead from the air.
Perhaps the physical signs of injury came from actually falling and landing? Maybe they lost flight - but the impact actually killed them. . . and not all died - some were injured but survived (just not very many).

I guarantee some people are paranoid as hell right now - pitching salt and sprinkling some dust.

LOL - I went reading for more theories - found this line, such a gem.
Regardless of how they died, the birds will not be missed. Large blackbird roosts like one at Beebe can have thousands of birds that leave ankle-deep piles of droppings in places.

I will miss this one flock, though - they'd always fly over the house. It would take 30 minutes for them to pass overhead. The kids liked to sit on the porch and watch them. But I'm sure another flock will quickly fill the void.
 
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If it was summer I'd say it was the heat. I saw birds by the dozens fall dead from the sky in Iraq.
 
If it was summer I'd say it was the heat. I saw birds by the dozens fall dead from the sky in Iraq.

Really? Crazy - but heat would make sense. Flying for long distances without water is bound to bring the biggest down.
 
Really? Crazy - but heat would make sense. Flying for long distances without water is bound to bring the biggest down.

we would see birds flying along and then suddenly they'd just stop flapping their wings and crash to the ground. happened a few times in El Paso as well.
 
we would see birds flying along and then suddenly they'd just stop flapping their wings and crash to the ground. happened a few times in El Paso as well.

Wild.

I've found birds dead on the ground- afew here and there - but I've never seen one die like that.
 
Really? Crazy - but heat would make sense. Flying for long distances without water is bound to bring the biggest down.

Maybe for some reason their normal water source wasn't there. I know birds make stops at the same places during migration.
They should be able to figure out if the birds were dying of thirst or hunger though. And for them all to succumb at the same time? And they are all redwings or starlings. I know west nile virus only effects certain birds like blue jays and a couple others. Oh well,
It's just weird, but according to Oscar, not that weird.
 
Maybe for some reason their normal water source wasn't there. I know birds make stops at the same places during migration.
They should be able to figure out if the birds were dying of thirst or hunger though. And for them all to succumb at the same time? And they are all redwings or starlings. I know west nile virus only effects certain birds like blue jays and a couple others. Oh well,
It's just weird, but according to Oscar, not that weird.

I'm sure they'll figure it out - whatever the cause.
Unlike the bees - they have extensive specimines to examine.
 
^It is nothing too serious. Its just the government doing some black op crap that is the cause for all this.
 
OZARK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas Game and Fish Commission spokesman says dead drum fish now cover a 20-mile section of the Arkansas River near Ozark.

Seven teams from the state agency visited the affected portion of the river Friday. Commission spokesman Keith Stephens says an official estimate of how many fish have died is expected on Monday, but he tells the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that the number is likely in the hundreds of thousands.

The commission determined the fish died in the river from a dam near Ozark to a bridge along State Highway 109 near
Clarksville.

Stephens says some of the live drum fish were sick and will be sent to a lab at the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff for testing.

Drum fish are bottom feeders that eat other fish and insects.

http://www.wreg.com/lifestyle/sns-ap-ar--deadfish,0,7329721.story

Imagine all the other fish and insects that will live now. Praise God.
 
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