Spinning Fish in the Florida Keys

PickyPicky3 · ‎10-22-2018

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.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

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.

cheriere · ‎12-01-2023

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

conlt · ‎03-16-2010

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

Estellee · ‎07-12-2011

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

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@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.

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monicakm · ‎03-16-2010

@Kachina624

FB needs to just die.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@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.

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Happy2BHere · ‎10-22-2019

@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:

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"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."