[ltr]Dead Fish Fill Marina Del Rey, Creating Major Stink For SoCal Harbor (VIDEO)[/ltr]
[ltr]The Huffington Post[/ltr]
[ltr]Posted: 05/19/2014 3:49 am EDT Updated: 5 hours ago [/ltr]
[ltr] [/ltr] [ltr] Tens of thousands of dead fish turned up in Marina Del Rey in Southern California over the weekend, creating a feast for birds and a major stink for tourists and residents.[/ltr] [ltr] "It was like a Hitchcock movie. There were so many birds diving into the water and feeding," Michael Quill of Marina Del Rey told KABC. "You could see the silver of the fish underwater, it was crazy."[/ltr] [ltr] The dead fish included anchovies, sting rays, angel sharks and more.[/ltr] [ltr] "Warmer temperatures can create algal blooms, which will suck up a lot of oxygen," Matthew King of Heal the Bay told NBC Los Angeles. "That's happened in the past, and hot weather always has been associated with low oxygen levels in the water."
[/ltr] [ltr]Marine biologist Benjamin Kay called it an oxygen dead zone.[/ltr] [ltr] "When water is heated, it can't hold oxygen as normal as if it were cooler, then we get these massive fish kills. This is a classic harbor event," Kay told KABC.[/ltr] [ltr] But while it may be a "classic harbor event," and something that happens from time to time, some longtime residents say this is one of the worst they can remember.[/ltr] [ltr] “I’ve been here for about 20 years and this is the first time I’ve seen a fish kill like this one,” Tom Difloure told CBSLA.com.[/ltr] [ltr] An unbearable stench for us is a remarkable feast for the seagulls, pelicans, sea lions and more that turned up in force to get their fill. One user on YouTube filmed pelicans so full of fish they apparently couldn't fly because of it.[/ltr] [ltr] On Sunday afternoon, workers pulled about 7,000 pounds of dead fish out of the water, according to NBC. In the past, fish removed from the harbor have been used as fertilizer, reported the Santa Monica Mirror.[/ltr] [ltr] But even after many of the fish were removed, the stink remained.[/ltr] [ltr] Located in Los Angeles County, Marina del Rey is between Venice Beach and Playa del Rey, and about 4 miles north of Los Angeles International Airport, according to the community's website. [/ltr]
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Subject: BREAKING: "Thousands Sheep Bang Their Heads And Die" Mon May 19, 2014 10:13 am
BREAKING: "Thousands Sheep Bang Their Heads And Die"
Published on May 19, 2014
In Australia thousands of Sheep eating a poisonous plant then "bang the heads until their skulls break open and die"http://www.paulbegleyprophecy.com alsohttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/wor...
Thousands of sheep in Australia die from ‘banging their heads till they crack open’ after eating poisonous plant
Vets describe situation ‘like dealing with a thousand heroin addicts’
Sunday 18 May 2014
Thousands of sheep in Australia are believed to have died after eating a poisonous plant that makes them “bash their heads on posts and rocks until they crack open”.
The usually-rare toxic plant, misleadingly named the “Darling pea”, has spread rapidly in the aftermath of bushfires in New South Wales – which themselves caused devastation for sheep farmers in the area.
Now vets have said that many of the animals which survived the fires face a new and highly addictive threat.
North West Local Land Services regional veterinarian Bob McKinnon told theSydney Morning Herald that once sheep started eating the plant they exhibit behaviour “similar to that of a drunk”.
“They lose weight to start with and then get staggery, the progression gets worse, they get unco-ordinated and depressed, they don't know where their feet are.”
He said that “staring eyes”, “head pressing” and “muscle tremors” were other symptoms, until eventually the animals “just go to a post and bang their head on it till they crack their heads open”.
The task of bringing in herds that would normally take six hours instead takes “days”, Mr McKinnon said. “It’s like dealing with a thousand heroin addicts.” Just one farming family in Coonabarabran said they had lost 800 sheep to the deadly plant. Stephen and Louise Knight said the animals were missing when they counted up the stock at shearing time.
“It was just devastating they weren't there when we went to get them.
“The fire was a distressing thing to have happen, we lost so many stock, fences, pasture - and then for it to come back with a terrible noxious plant like this, it's awful and very distressing.”
The plant, from the Swainsona family of desert peas native to Australia, has toxins which build up when sheep graze on it for extended periods. It attacks an enzyme involved in metabolism, ultimately crippling the animal’s central nervous system.
There is no cure, Mr McKinnon said, other than to “get the animals off it in time”.
“But if they've been on it too long the damage has been done and it doesn't repair to where it should be,” he said.
Subject: "Hosea Prophecy"Thousands Dead Fish Del Ray Harbor California 
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