Hundereds of dead starfish wash ashore in BC

[funman1]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060427/ap_on_sc/starfish_die_off

 

[thereefgeek]

So I'm guessing the unwitting saltwater aquarist is to blame for the introduction of an Atlantic protozoan parisite into the fridgid Northern Pacific waters?

 

[sagitariuscbc]

400 Dead Dolphins Found Off African Coast
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060428...EErDVVxieAA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM-

 

[sagitariuscbc]

Turbo Snails Just Banned
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=830986

 

[thereefgeek]

Such a wealth of information...

 

[Nu2SW]

wow the dolphin post is insane.

Ive been following the snail one, there isnt much clearness on it yet

 

[thereefgeek]

New species of "Dolphin" discovered...

New species of "Dolphin" discovered...

But the bottleneck dolphins, which live in deep offshore waters...

so much for proof reading and fact checking before submitting an article to the Associated Press

Mussa Aboud Jumbe, Zanzibar's director of fisheries, went on state radio to warn the public against eating the dolphin meat, saying the cause of death had not been determined. But residents who did eat the meat were all doing fine, Jidawi said.

Whew, what a relief. If the dolphins had died of, say rabies we might have reason for concern(?).