400 Dead Dolphins

[Marijuanderful]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1558789.shtml


"(AP) Hundreds of dead dolphins washed up Friday along the shore of a popular tourist destination on Zanzibar's northern coast and scientists ruled out poisoning.

It was not immediately clear what killed the 400 dolphins, whose carcasses were strewn along a 2.5-mile stretch of Nungwi, said Narriman Jidawi, a marine biologist at the Institute of Marine Science in Zanzibar.

But the bottleneck dolphins, which live in deep offshore waters, had empty stomachs, meaning that they could have been disoriented and were swimming for some time to reorient themselves. They did not starve to death and were not poisoned, Jidawi said.

In the United States, experts were investigating the possibility that sonar from U.S. submarines could have been responsible for a similar incident in Marathon, Fla., where 68 deep-water dolphins stranded themselves in March 2005.

A U.S. Navy task force patrols the East Africa coast as part of counterterrorism operations. A Navy official was not immediately available for comment, but the service rarely comments on the location of submarines at sea.

The deaths are a blow to the tourism industry in Zanzibar, where thousands of visitors go to watch and swim with wild dolphins, said Abdulsamad Melhi, owner of Sunset Bungalows, perched atop a small cliff overlooking the beach.

Villagers, fishermen and hotel residents found the carcasses and alerted officials. Mussa Aboud Jumbe, Zanzibar's director of fisheries, went on state radio to warn the public against eating the dolphins' meat, saying the cause of death had not been determined.

But residents who did eat the dolphins' meat early Friday were all doing fine, Jidawi said.

The Indo-Pacific bottlenose, humpback and spinner porpoises, commonly known as dolphins, are the most common species in Zanzibar's coastal waters, with bottlenose and humpback dolphins often found in mixed-species groups."



This is our fault, and will keep getting worse. By next year this type of thing will be a normal occurence for alot of marine species.

Marijuanderful Reviewed by Marijuanderful on 05-01-2006. 400 Dead Dolphins http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/28/world/main1558789.shtml "(AP) Hundreds of dead dolphins washed up Friday along the shore of a popular tourist destination on Zanzibar's northern coast and scientists ruled out poisoning. It was not immediately clear what killed the 400 dolphins, whose carcasses were strewn along a 2.5-mile stretch of Nungwi, said Narriman Jidawi, a marine biologist at the Institute of Marine Science in Zanzibar. But the bottleneck dolphins, which live in Rating: 5

[MaryJaneintheCloset]

That is horrible.

And I just spent my entire day at Sea World yesterday. I'm so sad now.

[Skink]

Yeah that really sucks!!!

[friendowl]

400 dead dolphins
thats like some sign or something
i bet they died from pollution
we live in a dirty world and its getting worse
poor lil dolphins
maybe tokosan went on a raping rampage

[slipknotpsycho]

ok animals know when natural disasters are about to happen, or they can sense 'major changes' and shit like that.... and last year was a very bad hurricane season, yet that year only 68 did this, this year, it's 400... could this be a pre-warning to an upcoming massivly deadly storm season? hurricane season is like a month away....

[MaryJaneintheCloset]

ok animals know when natural disasters are about to happen, or they can sense 'major changes' and shit like that.... and last year was a very bad hurricane season, yet that year only 68 did this, this year, it's 400... could this be a pre-warning to an upcoming massivly deadly storm season? hurricane season is like a month away....

Oh my God... that's so scary. I hope not...

[slipknotpsycho]

oh yea not to mention we're in the middle of ~not ill nino the other one~ which from what i've heard, can create massively powerful storms... man i don't want to go through that shit again, i live right on the fucking coast... Rita blew down a huge ass fucking tree in my yard which ripped the powerlines right out of my house, cost like 1000$ just to get it fixed... not to mention all the bullshit we put up with durring evacuation... wife's sister and her husband trying to split us up, my mother is a money hungry whore, blah blah blah..

EDIT: i think it's called ill nina

[Euphoric]

The US military has been known to test sonic weapons against dolphins.

There are also numbers of other sonic weapons that they employ...extremely high frequency devices that are broadcasted under water at incredible volumes. These have been known to fck up whales and dolphins.

[bedake]

I remember seeing this in the news, really sad news... the tourism industry in certain countries will certainly take a blow from this, I forget which one was specified

[da haze meister]

400 dead dolphins
thats like some sign or something
i bet they died from pollution
we live in a dirty world and its getting worse
poor lil dolphins
maybe tokosan went on a raping rampage

lmfao
omg
hold on
HAAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAAHhAhAHHA
lmfao

DOLPHIN SECKS

omg
HAAHAHHAHAHHHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHA*breathes*HAHAHAHAHHAH HHAHHAHA


but that shit is seriously sad
we are slowly fuckin up our world