Fish kill looks like a paved road..

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At first glimpse, it looks like the devastating effects of an environmental disaster - thousands upon thousands of dead fish choking a waterway.
Coupled with the fact that the gruesome discovery was made in the Bayou Chaland on the coast near New Orleans - an area affected by the notorious BP oil spill - initial reports understandably put two and two together.



Fingers were pointed at BP, which is being held responsible for the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 20 that killed 11 workers and caused the largest offshore oil spill in American history.

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Fish kill: This incredible scene was discovered on Friday in the Bayou Chaland area of Plaquemines Parish, near New Orleans. Experts say it is a common natural phenomenon that had nothing to do with the BP oil spill



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Shallow water: The combination of shallow water and high temperatures caused the fish to suffocate, according to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spokeswoman Olivia Watkins

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...l-discovered-culprit-think.html#ixzz0zgse58uN​
 
geno

geno

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Holy crap, I can't believe the sheer scale of it. That river is filled to the gills.
 
Wyndru

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:eek: Does this happen every season?

You're right,it does look like an old road with a crack in it.
 
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Nemesis 1

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This is just one of many hugh fish kills since the oil spill. They tried to cover it up but to dam many camerias out their now . I liked how it was natural causes and the oil is clearly visiable. U tube has many such kills some bigger some smaller all from warm water and low oxygen , Hangs head in the shame of what we allowed them to become!
 
destrekor

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Nemesis 1 said:
This is just one of many hugh fish kills since the oil spill. They tried to cover it up but to dam many camerias out their now . I liked how it was natural causes and the oil is clearly visiable. U tube has many such kills some bigger some smaller all from warm water and low oxygen , Hangs head in the shame of what we allowed them to become!
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So... wildlife experts lied about the cause of death?

They said:

Spokeswoman Olivia Watkins said today that department biologists found the fish kill had nothing to do with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The fish were found on Friday and fisheries experts were dispatched to determine whether the phenomenon was related to the oil spill.
Ms Watkins said low tide trapped fish in less than two feet of water. She added that hot water held less oxygen than cold, and heat also raised the metabolism - so plants and animals needed more oxygen to survive.
She said the area where the fish were found is bordered on one side by a rock dam, and a shallow outlet to the Gulf of Mexico on the other.
'When the tide is low, it becomes a pool,' she said.
Among the species killed by the tide were pogie fish, redfish, shrimp, crabs and freshwater eels.
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HardcoreRobot

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Nemesis 1 said:
This is just one of many hugh fish kills since the oil spill. They tried to cover it up but to dam many camerias out their now . I liked how it was natural causes and the oil is clearly visiable. U tube has many such kills some bigger some smaller all from warm water and low oxygen , Hangs head in the shame of what we allowed them to become!
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thats some heavey shit man. i bet you wish someone told you the dangers before you went swimming in the gulf!
 
lupi

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Sat down in my office last night with the news on the tv after dinner. At the time the wide view pic was on screen and my first though was they were talking about some flood area as it looked like a road with water level seeping up around the road bank.

I'd be interested to know how the hell all that is disposed of though, cause it's got to be a messy situation.
 
dabuddha

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lupi said:
Sat down in my office last night with the news on the tv after dinner. At the time the wide view pic was on screen and my first though was they were talking about some flood area as it looked like a road with water level seeping up around the road bank.

I'd be interested to know how the hell all that is disposed of though, cause it's got to be a messy situation.
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They'll unleash an army of cats
 
Azraele

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Wow. I had to scroll down and look at the other pic to dispel the road illusion.
 
irishScott

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Nemesis 1 said:
This is just one of many hugh fish kills since the oil spill. They tried to cover it up but to dam many camerias out their now . I liked how it was natural causes and the oil is clearly visiable. U tube has many such kills some bigger some smaller all from warm water and low oxygen , Hangs head in the shame of what we allowed them to become!
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Oh that's just fish oil.
 
phoenix79

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lupi said:
Sat down in my office last night with the news on the tv after dinner. At the time the wide view pic was on screen and my first though was they were talking about some flood area as it looked like a road with water level seeping up around the road bank.

I'd be interested to know how the hell all that is disposed of though, cause it's got to be a messy situation.
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Um... Wait for the tide to come back in?
 
lxskllr

lxskllr

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They should use them as fertilizer. I wouldn't think it would be good for the water having all those fish rot at one time.
 
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