Thousands of herring, starfish, lobster and crabs have mysteriously washed up dead on some Canadian beaches. Officials have been struggling to find why so many of sea creatures turned up dead on some beaches along the Bay of Fundy near Digby, Nova Scotia. Tests, so far, tests have found nothing out of the ordinary in the sea. RT reports: “We have ruled out the usual suspects,” said Kent Smedbol, manager of population ecology for Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), after scientists went out and examined the bay on Thursday. Oxygen levels, salinity, temperature, and water samples all came out normal, while the seabed showed no signs of a massive die-out. Please help! Massive die-off in the Bay of Fundy. No answers and I’m scared for the ecology of this area @DavidSuzukiFDN @ElizabethMay pic.twitter.com/U95QyGe048 — Lyla Daniels (@LylaDaniels) December 27, 2016 “It is a little bit perplexing and now we’re broadening out our analysis again, looking at things that might be less likely,” Smedbol said, as cited by CBC News. Thousands of creatures, including herring, crabs, lobsters, and starfish, have washed up on shore since November. Whatever was causing the phenomenon seems to have ended now, as fresh dead [...]
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