2.407 "MASS DIE-OFFS/MASS MORTALITY EVENTS" OR "MMEs" IN THE PAST 70 YEARS,
WELL, THEY MISSED A FEW.
ABOUT 400 SPECIES WERE ADDED TO THAT LIST JUST SINCE 2012, WHEN THE RESEARCHERS CEASED GATHERING DATA.
140 TO 200 SPECIES HAD RECORD DIE-OFFS IN JUST THE PAST YEAR.
AFTER READING THE CBS REPORT, YOU MAY WANT TO READ HUFFINGTON POST'S LIST.
PROBABLY NOT, BUT HERE'S THE LINK:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/mass-animal-deaths/
ONE HUFFPOST ARTICLE WAS TITLED
Most Bizarre Mass Animal Deaths Ever: Puppy Suicide Bridge, Exploding Frogs, Hippo Anthrax & More
CBS REPORT:
"Their analyses, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, revealed that not only are these events becoming more frequent, they're also increasing in magnitude, with the number of fatalities higher for birds, fish and marine invertebrates. Thirty-five events completely or nearly wiped out an entire population. [REMEMBER, THEIR DATA COLLECTION ENDED IN 2012.]
The cumulative death toll reaches into the billions.
[ARE THEY COUNTING PLANKTON, ALL CRUSTACEANS, ALL LIFE? NO.THEY CAN'T COUNT ALL! THERE IS NO METHOD FOR DOING SO.]
The number one cause was disease, which was responsible for 26 percent of the mass killings, followed -- no big surprise -- by human activity, mostly traceable to environmental contamination.
[NO! DISEASE WAS SPECULATED AS CAUSE IN HUNDREDS OF RECENT INCIDENCES. MOST RECENT ONES HAVE SIMPLY BEEN MARKED "CAUSE UNKNOWN" WHEN INDEPENDENT TESTS SHOWED IT DAMN WELL WAS NOT WHAT WAS MENTIONED AS "POSSIBLE CAUSE"! NOR WAS IT "TRAUMA", NOR "TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM". WHEN WARM WATER WAS BLAMED, PEOPLE POINTED TO THE ACTUAL WATER TEMPERATURE.]
HERE COMES THE DAMNABLE LIE THAT WE'RE JUST REPORTING THESE MASS MORTALITY EVENTS MORE OFTEN THAN PEOPLE DID BEFORE!
""Determining whether or not the upswing in the occurrence of MMEs is a real phenomenon or simply a result of increased awareness remains a critical challenge that needs to be addressed," they wrote.
"Such results, combined with lack of studies measuring MMEs using population-level data, highlights the need for an improved program for monitoring MMEs."
Kent Redford, a conservation consultant and former director of the Wildlife Conservation Society Institute who was not involved in the study, agreed."
AGREE UNTIL YOUR HEADS SNAP OFF FROM NODDING "YES, THAT'S RIGHT!"IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE SHEER NUMBERS!
"But while headline-grabbing stories -- like the deaths of a third of the nation's honey bees due to colony collapse disorder, or white-nose syndrome, which has killed 6 million bats in the U.S. since 2007 (neither was included in the PNAS paper) -- deserve close study and widespread alarm, they don't show the whole picture.
"We must not let the rare dramatic events distract us from focusing on the smaller but constant erosion of animal communities that is taking place worldwide as a result of human action," said Redford. "Over the long term, these less-interesting and less note-worthy mortality factors are undoubtedly more important to study and to stop."
SMALLER EROSION?WHERE?
~ IVORY GULLS, whose numbers in the Canadian Arctic have dropped 80%?
WHO LIKE GULLS ANYWAY, RIGHT?
~ LEMUROID RINGTAIL POSSUMS of the upland cloud rainforest in the Australian Wet Tropics?
THEY'RE DYING IN RECENT HIGHER TEMPERATURES, DIE WHEN IT'S ABOVE 82 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, PROJECTED TO ALL BE EXTINCT, GONE BY THE END OF THIS CENTURY.
IS THAT A "SMALLER EROSION"?
BESIDES, HARDLY ANYBODY LIKES POSSUMS.
~ RINGED SEALS?BESIDES, HARDLY ANYBODY LIKES POSSUMS.
THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF SEA ICE TO REST OR RAISE YOUNG ON, THEIR PREY IS DYING OFF OR MOVING FARTHER NORTH TO COLDER WATERS, SO HOW LONG CAN THEY HANG ON?
WHO CARES?
~ GOLDEN BOWERBIRD?
ANOTHER RESIDENT OF AUSTRALIA'S WARMING HIGH RAINFOREST.
WRITE THEM OFF, OR LET THEM FIND COOLER HABITAT, RIGHT?
~ SEVERAL SPECIES OF FROGS ALL OVER THE WORLD, SUDDEN MASS DIE-OFF OF THEIR TADPOLES, NEWS REPORTS SAY EXTINCTION IS POSSIBLE?
THEY "GUESS" IT'S A NEW PARASITE OR????
WHO CARES ABOUT FROGS?
~ THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ARE ALMOST ALL GONE, SOON TO BE JOINED BY A LITTLE SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY FROM ENGLAND AND 5 OTHER BUTTERFLIES THERE.
WHO NEEDS BUTTERFLIES?
HERE ARE A FEW OTHERS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED, FELLOWS!
MAYBE YOU SHOULD READ MORE!
One-Fifth of Animals and One-Sixth of Plants in U.S. at Risk of Extinction (AP)
EARTH HAS LOST 50% OF ITS WILDLIFE IN PAST 40 YEARS (WWF-- 2014)
SALT-WATER FISH EXTINCTION SEEN BY 2048 (Science Magazine-- 2014)
60% of Large Herbivore Species Threatened with Extinction (American Association for the Advancement of Science-- 2015)
ALMOST ALL (91%) LEMUR SPECIES THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION (Duke University-- 2012)
Pollinating Species in Decline Globally (BBC-- 2015)
Migratory Birds on Brink of Extinction in Britain (U.K. Telegraph-- 2014)
All Crane Species Threatened With Extinction (Times of India-- 2011)
Seahorses on Path to Extinction (ABC News)
Tigers Will Be Extinct in 15 Years (Bangladesh Daily Star-- 2009)
Only 90 Chinese Tigers Left (Sydney Morning Herald)
Snow Leopard Being Pushed to Extinction (The Age-- Melbourne)
60% OF AFRICA'S FOREST ELEPHANTS KILLED BETWEEN 2002 AND 2011 (N.Y. Times-- 2013)
Indian Elephants on Brink of Extinction (ABC News)
Efforts To Save Panda From Extinction Failing (CNN)
South African Cheetahs May Be Extinct in 10 Years (South African Broadcasting Corp.)
Only 60 Asiatic Cheetahs Left in Wild (U.S. State Dept.-- 2007)
Niger Giraffes Face Extinction (BBC)
Britain's Seas Are Dying (U.K. Guardian)
AS TO THE FOLLOWING, WHERE IT SAYS "LINK", YEAH, JUST CLICK THAT AND SEE THE PROOF FOR YOURSELVES.
THIS IS FROM JUST THE PAST MONTH!
"SMALLER EROSION"?
WHATEVER!
12th August 2015 - Thousands of dead fish wash up in the Ardila River in Portugal. Link
12th August 2015 - Masses of dead fish, plus dead pelicans wash ashore in La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago. Link
12th August 2015 - 512,000 birds killed due to avian flu in Sinaloa, Mexico. Link
12th August 2015 - Massive die off of fish in fish farms in Lampung, Indonesia. Link
11th August 2015 - Sea birds and dolphins washing up dead, 'dying of hunger' in La Libertad, Peru. Link
11th August 2015 - Thousands of dead fish found in a creek in Georgia, America. Link
11th August 2015 - Thousands of dead fish wash along the shores of Battipaglia, Italy. Link
11th August 2015 - Large amount of dead fish found floating in river in Anhui, China. Link
10th August 2015 - ? 170,000 lbs ? of fish have died in a reservoir in Jiangxi, China. Link
9th August 2015 - Mass die off of crayfish, shrimp and shellfish in Chachoengsao Province,Thailand. Link
9th August 2015 - Thousands of dead fish found in the waters of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Link
8th August 2015 - Dozens of blue herons found dead at oilsands site in Alberta, Canada. Link
8th August 2015 - Thousands of dead fish wash up on beaches in the Gulf of Morrosquillo,Colombia. Link
8th August 2015 - 10,000 kgs of fish have suddenly died in Nanjing, China. Link
7th August 2015 - Hundreds of fish die in a pond in Culemborg, Netherlands. Link
7th August 2015 - Mass die off of fish in a river in Phichit Province, Thailand. Link
6th August 2015 - 5,400 rainbow trout dead 'due to heat' in a hatchery in Washington, America. Link
5th August 2015 - 81,000 cattle dead due to flooding in Gujarat, India. Link
5th August 2015 - 1,000 lbs of fish have died in Lake Elsinore, California, America. Link
4th August 2015 - Dozens of sea birds washing up dead along beaches in Homer, Alaska, America. Link
4th August 2015 - 6 Whales dead after 16 became stranded in Cape Breton, Canada. Link
4th August 2015 - 26 Dolphins have washed up dead this year along the coast of Bulgaria. Link
3rd August 2015 - Large fish kills washing up in Orange Beach, Alabama, America. Link
3rd August 2015 - Hundreds of dead fish found in a creek in Castelnuovo, Italy. Link
2nd August 2015 - Hundreds of dead fish found in a lake in Florida, America. Link
1st August 2015 - 3,400 TONS of fish suddenly die in Qinzhou, China. Link
31st July 2015 - 1,000+ sheep have died, 'emergency declared' in Zhanakorgan District,Kazakhstan. Link and Video
31st July 2015 - Thousands of dead fish found in a river in Minnesota, America. Link
30th July 2015 - Thousands of dead fish found in a swamp in Sucre, Colombia. Link
28th July 2015 - 5,000 sheep have died, 'reason unknown' all across Iceland. Link
28th July 2015 - Thousands of dead crabs wash ashore in New Jersey, America. Link
28th July 2015 - 30 TONS of fish have died in ponds in Suqian, China. Link
28th July 2015 - Hundreds of thousands of sockeye salmon dying in the Columbia River, America. Link
28th July 2015 - TONS of dead fish 'due to pollution' in a river in Tomar, Portugal. Link
27th July 2015 - 200 TONS of fish have died, 'a natural disaster' in Orbetello Lagoon, Italy. Link
27th July 2015 - 10,200 hens killed due to avian flu in Emsland, Germany. Link
27th July 2015 - Mass stranding of various dead fish in Juan Griego, Venezuela. Link
26th July 2015 - Thousands of sheep dead 'due to cold' in Junin, Peru. Link
26th July 2015 - Hundreds of dead fish found floating in a river in County Down, Ireland. Link
26th July 2015 - Massive die off of shrimp due to disease in Chitalmari Upazila, Bangladesh.Link
25th July 2015 - Mass die off of fish and shrimp in a river in Meulaboh, Indonesia. Link
25th July 2015 - INFO: - 250 whales brutally slaughtered at 'hunt event' in Faroe Islands. Link
24th July 2015 - Tens of thousands of dead large black sea snails wash ashore on beaches in Florida, America. Link
24th July 2015 - Large die off of birds, plus fish and sea mammals at Aleutian Islands, Alaska, America. Link
24th July 2015 - Hundreds of wild birds dead from avian flu in Tibet and Inner Mongolia, China. Link
23rd July 2015 - 52 Bison dead due to disease outbreak in Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada. Link
23rd July 2015 - Hundreds of dead fish found in a pond in Pilibhit, India. Link
23rd July 2015 - Thousands of dead fish found in a channel in California, America. Link
22nd July 2015 - Dozens of Stingrays found dead, 'very rare phenomenon' on a beach in Vitoria,
Brazil. Link
22nd July 2015 - Thousands of dead fish wash up in a lake in Wuhan City, China. Link
22nd July 2015 - 100+ Buffaloes and 2 Rhinos dead from outbreak of disease in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya. Link
22nd July 2015 - Mass die off of fish in the river Nile in Rosetta, Egypt. Link
22nd July 2015 - Hundreds of dead fish found in a river in Anleo, Spain. Link
22nd July 2015 - Die off of fish is 'unusual' in the waters of Snappertuna, Finland. Link
21st July 2015 - Hundreds of dead fish found in a stream in a park in Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park,Singapore. Link
20th July 2015 - 40 dead turtles found on the coast of Veracruz, Mexico. Link
20th July 2015 - Thousands of fish turning up dead in lakes in Illinois, America. Link
20th July 2015 - Massive die off of fish in a reservoir in Nanyang city, China. Link
19th July 2015 - 50 dead turtles found in a lake in Kiev, Ukraine. Link
19th July 2015 - Mass die off of fish in a lake in Drochia, Moldova. Link
18th July 2015 - 60 dead turtles found during past 3 weeks in Venice, Italy. Link
16th July 2015 - 80 dead sturgeon found in a river, 'a mystery' in Oregon, America. Link
16th July 2015 - Hundreds of dead fish found in a pond in Bristol, England. Link
I COULD SIT HERE AND LIST FOR DAYS, JUST GOING BACK TO 2011 WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS AT LEAST.
DOES IT MATTER HOW ALL THESE DIED?
NOTHING WILL BRING THEM BACK,
NAME A SPECIES, ANY SPECIES, AND THAT SPECIES WILL HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR DEATHS IN THE PAST 4 TO 7 YEARS.
SPIDERS, ANTS, ELEPHANTS, GIRAFFES, MONKEYS, RABBITS, BIRDS, REPTILES ... NAME IT.
EXOTIC PLANTS TO PINE TREES...
PLANKTON TO WHALES...
TINY STREAMS TO OCEANS...
DESERTS TO RAIN FORESTS...
THINGS ARE DYING "OUT THERE".
BUT DON'T WORRY!
NOT EVEN HALF THE WORLD GIVES A DAMN!
IT'S ALL OKAY...
REALLY?
WHAT IF HUMANS ARE NEXT?
- Unclean water, along with poor sanitation, kills over 12 million people a year. Air pollution kills 3 million more.
- By 2025, with world population projected to be at 8 billion, 48 countries containing 3 billion people will face chronic water shortages. In 25 years, humankind could be using over 90% of all available freshwater, leaving just 10% for the rest of the world's plants and animals.
- The average soil depth across the middle of the U.S. was over 6' just 100 years ago, but now, it's less than 3'.
IN ANOTHER 100 YEARS, WHAT WILL WE GROW FOOD IN, ASPHALT?
Brazil. Link18th July 2015 - 60 dead turtles found during past 3 weeks in Venice, Italy. Link
IN ANOTHER 100 YEARS, WHAT WILL WE GROW FOOD IN, ASPHALT?
AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T EXPECT CHANGE THAT REVERSES ALL THIS.
AFTER ALL, HAVEN'T WE BEEN TOLD WE NEED TO REDUCE THE WORLD'S POPULATION TO ABOUT 500 MILLION?
ANY VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT REDUCTION???
AFTER ALL, HAVEN'T WE BEEN TOLD WE NEED TO REDUCE THE WORLD'S POPULATION TO ABOUT 500 MILLION?
ANY VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT REDUCTION???
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