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12-21-12 is coming…
… and we’re still tracking the signs. We’ll be back in the next couple of days.
In the meantime, some signs you shouldn’t forget:
Dolphins are dying in record numbers in Massachusetts.
Cape Cod saw another dolphin strand itself last week, bringing the total number to 190 since January 2012. The annual average is 38 for the Cape Cod area.
The latest death followed a mass-stranding event that ran from mid-January to mid-February. During that time, at least 179 beached dolphins were found on a 25-mile stretch of coastline.
Elsewhere, a massive rescue mission was accomplished by beachgoers in Brazil this week when about 30 dolphins suddenly beached on the Rio de Janeiro state coastline.
All of the strandings involved the ‘common dolphin’ (Delphinus delphis), which typically live far off shore.
Thousands of dead herring washed ashore in Norway over New Years weekend.
Residents of Kvennes, in the northern part of the country, were left to deal with over 20 tons of dead fish.
Thankfully, temperatures well below freezing have lessened the potential odor from the carcasses - for now.
Scientists believe a predatory school of fish may have scared the herring towards the beach, leaving them stranded by low tide.
However, tests will be run to better analyze this and other theories, including disease and ocean contaminants.
Harbor seals are dying mysteriously across New England.
A series of over 140 stranded seals since September has been declared an “unusual mortality event” by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The stranding events are occurring at a rate of over three times the average.
Samples from five dead animals were positive for influenza A virus.
Locals have been warned of the potential for a communicable deadly disease outbreak and are advised to stay at least 150 feet away from beached animals.
