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Originally posted by Tsuki-no-Hikari
reply to post by aoi3610
I haven't seen anywhere near 100 reports. Where in the world are you getting this?
reply to post by Lemon.Fresh
*sigh*
I give up. People are do determined to believe that, somehow, anything that happens when they are alive is special. This planet has seen more mass deaths than people could even begin to comprehend, and yet a few birds die and people go insane over it.edit on 6-1-2011 by Tsuki-no-Hikari because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Lemon.Fresh
Please show me evidence.
I need 5000 birds dead in one day, pleaseedit on 1/6/2011 by Lemon.Fresh because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by aoi3610
It's all the medias fault, and probably social networking, and the popularity of the internet.
136 Reported in 1 year on average. (What has USGS reporting got to do with Social Media Etc)
Blame technology, says famed Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson. With the Internet, cell phones and worldwide communications, people are noticing events, connecting the dots more.
"This instant and global communication, it's just a human instinct to read mystery and portents of dangers and wondrous things in events that are unusual," Wilson told The Associated Press on Thursday. "Not to worry, these are not portents that the world is about to come to an end."
Originally posted by aoi3610
Events happen around the world that mostly go unnoticed,
Un-noticed? Perhaps, Unreported? Unlikely.
136 Reported in 1 year on average.
"Depending on the species, these things don't even get reported," White said.
Federal records show they happen on average every other day somewhere in North America. Usually, we don't notice them and don't try to link them to each other.
"They generally fly under the radar," said ornithologist John Wiens, chief scientist at the California research institution PRBO Conservation Science.
Originally posted by aoi3610
but when media finally chooses to report it widely,
Which is not something i've seen?
Originally posted by aoi3610
people freak out
I haven't seen the average "JOE" give a toss?
Originally posted by aoi3610
like it is the first time and think the events are "rare".
100+ events in 7 days is a FIRST?
Originally posted by aoi3610
so much attention.
Have they been plastering this all over your TV?
It is an honest question, I do not know, but they have not here.
Originally posted by Tsuki-no-Hikari
reply to post by Lemon.Fresh
No. I give up because people are so desperate for the world to go to hell that they ignore any and all evidence that stuff like this might actually be normal.
Originally posted by yaphun
Originally posted by Lemon.Fresh
Please show me evidence.
I need 5000 birds dead in one day, pleaseedit on 1/6/2011 by Lemon.Fresh because: (no reason given)
en.wikipedia.org...
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Smart ass answer for a vanilla question IMO
Originally posted by Tsuki-no-Hikari
reply to post by Lemon.Fresh
No. I give up because people are so desperate for the world to go to hell that they ignore any and all evidence that stuff like this might actually be normal.
I noticed that you went from wanting evidence of 1000 birds in a day to wanting evidence of 5000 in a day. You're just determined to stay deluded, aren't you?
How about an estimated 1 million toads over the course of 16 days in 2009? That averages out to 62,500 per day. But I suppose that doesn't count either.edit on 6-1-2011 by Tsuki-no-Hikari because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Tsuki-no-Hikari
reply to post by Lemon.Fresh
No. I give up because people are so desperate for the world to go to hell that they ignore any and all evidence that stuff like this might actually be normal. I noticed that you went from wanting evidence of 1000 birds in a day to wanting evidence of 5000 in a day. You're just determined to stay deluded, aren't you?
How about an estimated 1 million toads over the course of 16 days in 2009? That averages out to 62,500 per day. But I suppose that doesn't count either.edit on 6-1-2011 by Tsuki-no-Hikari because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by yaphun
reply to post by Lemon.Fresh
Well you will have to explain to me what is a valid answer ?
What mass extinction events am I allowed to use ? over 90% of species that have been on earth are now extinct, what ones am I allowed to use ?
Paul Connolly from the department's Nature Protection Branch says it is unlikely the deaths are linked, although nothing can be ruled out.
"The Esperance bird deaths involed a wide range of species, whereas Narembeen was a single species," he said.
"The swallows are insectivores, whereas most of the species affected in the Esperance area were nectarivores, so quite different types of birds involved."
Originally posted by Lemon.Fresh
Give me either. 5000 is the Arkansas number. 1000 is a random number pulled out of my butt. Even though it is smaller, you still can't provide me evidence.