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Extreme heat kills thousands of fish in midwest, America |
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"It's something I've never seen in my career, and I've been here for more than 17years.", Mr.Mark Flemmang, a fisheries biologist from Iowa Department of Natural Resources commented.
So many fish are died due to the driest and warmest summer in history. As water temperature hit 97 degrees, around 40,000 shovel-nose sturgeon were killed last week in Iowa. In Illinois, the state's largest habitat for the endangered species such as red-horse fish, Aux Sable Creek has dried up because of heat and shortage of rain this summer. Mr.Dan Stephenson, the biologist from Illinois Department of Natural Resources said, "We are talking about hundreds and hundreds of dead fish, maybe by million now." Same situation goes for Nebraska,Kansas, and South Dakota as well. People living near the affected lakes and rivers concern over the health and business. Biologists hope for the nature would take its course again at the moment. Related videos: Heat blamed for fish kill in Lake Hartwell Cove. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luMkWjPj4rM Extreme heat causes huge fish kill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV6RcnT-Vvg Heatwave kills fish, hurts business http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xrj_gF5w20 |
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Interesting
Posted 06-06-2013 23:42
So sad to know the plight of animals, more sad many of these problems are man-made due to lack of environmental care, Thank you for highlighting this
Posted 07-08-2012 11:36