The question has been asked: Why are animals dying off in Biblical proportions? Scott Wright, Branch Chief of Disease Investigations at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center said on the WNYC radio program "The Take Away" that "it's pretty common" and "die-offs occur all of the time." "100 tons of fish" dead in South America "Hundreds of snapper" perished in New Zealand "Thousands of fish" were found floating dead in the Philippines "150 tons of red tilapias" died in Thailand "Scores of dead fish" in Haiti 50-100 Jackdaws dead in Norway Over 300 doves dead in Italy and several more. The majority of the events are shown to have occurred in the United States, but the map also charts the following:
The events appear to all date from December 2010 to the present - likely a choice of the map's creators, since previous events could have also been documented.
SEE ALSO: Birds Falling From the Sky Not Unusual
"Aflockalypse," as the Washington Post and other news outlets are calling the bird die offs, can now be studied, along with the other animal deaths, online at the single Google webpage. 5,000 of these birds recently died in Arkansas Wikimedia Commons Image) The recent mass deaths of birds, fish, crabs, manatees, penguins and other animals are now being tracked by Google Maps.
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