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Spinning Fish in the Florida Keys

PickyPicky3 — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:19:39 GMT

Various species of fish are spinning in circles and then dying. This strange phenomenon was first observed in October, mostly in the Middle Keys. Researchers have theories but no answers.

I think the best article can be found in KeysWeekly dot com.

Re: Spinning Fish in the Florida Keys

SilleeMee — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:35:59 GMT

Sounds like they die from neurotoxins from algae which are blooming b/c of higher water temperatures.

Animals that move in circles and then die is usually the result of poisoning or stroke.

Re: Spinning Fish in the Florida Keys

cheriere — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:56:06 GMT

Yet another sad effect of what is happening to our planet.😔

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conlt — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:54:57 GMT

I saw this story on the news. It is disturbing.

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Estellee — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:59:56 GMT

I saw this story on our Miami local news. It is really sad what is happening.

Re: Spinning Fish in the Florida Keys

Kachina624 — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 17:11:51 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
Sounds like they die from neurotoxins from algae which are blooming b/c of higher water temperatures.

Animals that move in circles and then die is usually the result of poisoning or stroke.

@SilleeMee. That sounds plausible to me but the conspiracy theories are probably abounding. You ought to see the ones about the bridge collapse, on Facebook.

Re: Spinning Fish in the Florida Keys

Kachina624 — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 20:44:20 GMT

@monicakm You have to learn to extract the good from Facebook and ignore the rest.

There are hundred of groups of people who share similar interests and I've learned a lot from the ones in which I participate. I never post anything personal or family information.

Re: Spinning Fish in the Florida Keys

Happy2BHere — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 21:41:38 GMT

@PickyPicky3 wrote:
Various species of fish are spinning in circles and then dying. This strange phenomenon was first observed in October, mostly in the Middle Keys. Researchers have theories but no answers.

I think the best article can be found in KeysWeekly dot com.

Ugh. Such a sad story, but in an article I read at the KeysWeekly site you listed, while it is not solved, they are really working on the problem including this team: "Robertson’s team has been working “seven days a week, 12 to 14 hours a day” to grow neuronal cells and expose them to any possible chemical extracted from Keys water samples, algal samples or fish tissues, searching for evidence of cellular disruption or death."

I so hope that they make progress!

(BTW this is OT but while I was reading over there I saw this runner up photo winner and thought it was so beautiful I had to bring it here and show you LOL. We have to keep the ecosystem strong to be able to have lovely scenes like this:

"Big Pine Key photographer Jack Louden snapped the runner-up image of a roseate spoonbill as it flew above a calm coastline just south of Bahia Honda."

Re: Spinning Fish in the Florida Keys

SaveTheTurtles — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 01:03:01 GMT

@monicakm wrote:
@Kachina624

FB needs to just die.

I couldn't agree more.

Re: Spinning Fish in the Florida Keys

Kachina624 — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 01:18:46 GMT

@monicakm. I bet you'd find whole communities of people interested in make-up and owners of other doodle dogs.

Re: Spinning Fish in the Florida Keys

cindyNC — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 02:35:55 GMT

@monicakm I like facebook, but I'm extremely cautious about friend requests, what I share or copy, etc.... Have managed to keep in touch with many former co-workers, relatives, and people from my hometown. Always use a fake birthday and hide it.

A few years ago, I got so frustrated with cosmetic ads, that I changed my sex from femail to male.

Now there is a way to disable Facebook monitoring when you browse to other websites.