Why did 220 Manta Rays wash up dead on a beach in Gaza?, page 1

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Topic started on 27-2-2013 @ 03:50 PM by Gordi The Drummer

Just spotted this on AOL.co.uk homepage.

Over 200 manta rays have been found dead, washed up on a beach in Gaza, cause apparently unknown?

Anyone on ATS have any ideas as to the possible cause? Yet another mass die off?

LINK to AOL Page

Here's the image from the AOL page

It's quite sad, I've always liked Rays a lot.

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reply posted on 27-2-2013 @ 03:58 PM by Gordi The Drummer

It looks like they might be Devil Rays, not Mantas?
(According to a report on deepseanews.com)

LINK to deepseanews article

Suggested causes so far...

Toxic spill
Algal Toxin

hmm.

...and another link, which suggests that they are known locally as "batfish" and that they were caught deliberately?
LINK to maannews.net

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Looks like the story may have originated on an Italian news site? (repubblica.it)
There are several more pictures there, and they are quite graphic.

LINK to repubblica site

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reply posted on 27-2-2013 @ 05:37 PM by OldToby

One of the articles i read said the largest was 17
' wide. www.dailymail.co.uk...

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reply posted on 27-2-2013 @ 05:42 PM by threewisemonkeys

Better to wash up dead in Gaza than alive in Israel.

reply posted on 27-2-2013 @ 05:42 PM by threewisemonkeys

Double

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reply posted on 27-2-2013 @ 05:47 PM by CALGARIAN

DUH.

The evil IDF.

reply posted on 27-2-2013 @ 05:49 PM by Helious

My guess is Jesus hates Manta Rays.

reply posted on 27-2-2013 @ 05:50 PM by starfoxxx

It is obviously Steve Irwins revenge stupid manta rays..

reply posted on 27-2-2013 @ 05:51 PM by Phage

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Wrong species.
Mantas don't have stingers. Irwin would have known this.

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reply posted on 27-2-2013 @ 05:54 PM by starfoxxx

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by starfoxxx

Wrong species.
Mantas don't have stingers. Irwin would have known this.

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Well i am glad this is the right species then

because those things have stingers.

reply posted on 27-2-2013 @ 05:59 PM by Rezlooper

Methane plumes...we are at over 90 mass animal die-off events so far in 2013. These die offs are caused by dangerous gases, either methane and hydrogen sulfide, and the events will continue to increase. I've posted this same information in the thread about fish in Peru. Here's the numbers on these die-offs.

So far this year there have been 89 known mass die-offs. That's 52 days. That's 1.71 mass die-offs per day. In 2012 there were 464 known events. That's 1.27 mass die-offs per day. That's quite an increase, but in 2011 there were 145 known events. That's only 0.4 events per day.

2011 145 die-offs 0.4 per day
2012 464 die-offs 1.27 per day
2013 89 so far 1.71 per day