Dead Fish Wash Up On Beach, Then Mysteriously Disappear!
Sept 4, 2015 16:01:54 GMT -6
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Post by Mystic Wanderer on Sept 4, 2015 16:01:54 GMT -6
Here is a mystery to boggle one's brain!!
Seems these fish washed up on shore, then mysteriously disappeared without a trace just hours later!
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Experts came out to examine things, but the fish had completely vanished from the beach in less than 24 hours. The only thing left were impressions in the sand, but nothing to analyze.
The first conclusion most of us would come to is that the tide came in and carried them back into the ocean, but Owen Benedick from the Wappa Falls Observatory says that's not what happened.
King tides and really low tides are associated with a full or new moon, but it is not either of these at the moment.
With only the photographs to go on, experts couldn’t even determine what kind of fish they were. Ichthyologist Jeff Johnson from Quuensland’s Museum was puzzled.
Deaths of this many of this type of fish are highly unusual for an open, ocean beach. Sardines are not usually part of trawler bycatch, so I could confidently rule that out. However it is very difficult to speculate on what may have been the cause, especially without a site inspection.
There are no tracks or footprints from birds, animals or humans picking up the fish and no bones, fins or remains at all.
Humm... strange times, indeed!
Seems these fish washed up on shore, then mysteriously disappeared without a trace just hours later!
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The mystery began on the afternoon of September 2nd, 2015. Beach-goers noticed that the Buddina beach in the Sunshine Coast metropolitan area of Queensland was suddenly covered with thousands of dead and dying fish. Longtime resident and frequent beach-goer Susan Sheard took a picture of the fish and had these observations:
I have never seen fish like that at Buddina beach. Some of them were still alive, flipping around and I threw a few back in the water. But there were too many. There wasn’t a smell, it was obviously very new. The water was clean, there was no pollution in them.
I have never seen fish like that at Buddina beach. Some of them were still alive, flipping around and I threw a few back in the water. But there were too many. There wasn’t a smell, it was obviously very new. The water was clean, there was no pollution in them.
Experts came out to examine things, but the fish had completely vanished from the beach in less than 24 hours. The only thing left were impressions in the sand, but nothing to analyze.
The first conclusion most of us would come to is that the tide came in and carried them back into the ocean, but Owen Benedick from the Wappa Falls Observatory says that's not what happened.
King tides and really low tides are associated with a full or new moon, but it is not either of these at the moment.
With only the photographs to go on, experts couldn’t even determine what kind of fish they were. Ichthyologist Jeff Johnson from Quuensland’s Museum was puzzled.
Deaths of this many of this type of fish are highly unusual for an open, ocean beach. Sardines are not usually part of trawler bycatch, so I could confidently rule that out. However it is very difficult to speculate on what may have been the cause, especially without a site inspection.
There are no tracks or footprints from birds, animals or humans picking up the fish and no bones, fins or remains at all.
Humm... strange times, indeed!
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