Dozens of sharks washing up dead in California

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer


NaturalNews) An otherwise highly-resilient species of shark, the leopard shark, is turning up dead all over the northern California coast, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. According to reports, dozens of leopard sharks have either washed ashore dead since April, or have been found so badly injured and in pain that the creatures were literally pounding their heads into the sand in what some locals said appeared to be suicide attempts.

A report inThe Oakland Tribuneexplains that aCaliforniaDepartment of Fish and Game (CDFG) necropsy has pinned the deaths on "inflammation,bleeding, and lesions in the brain, and hemorrhaging from the skin near vents," as well as bleeding around internal organs. Based on findings, it appears as though the creatures died a slow and painfuldeath, but experts do not know why the sharks are suffering this awful fate.

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Sean Van Sommeran, executive director of the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation, a Santa Cruz-based group that has been tasked with investigating the die-offs, says that when his group first began getting alerts about the sharks, many of them were still alive. But as time went on, the gravely-ill creatures began to wash ashore dead, and since that time there have been hundreds of others that have turned up dead.

"We're only seeing a tiny fraction of what's going on," Sommeran said to reporters, implying that many other creatures further out in ocean waters are likely suffering and dying as well. Considering that leopard sharks are a stronger species than most, there is no telling the extent of animal deaths that is likely taking place.

Initial tests conducted on water samples taken from the Redwood Shores lagoon, one of the areas where sharks were found, revealed nothing out of the ordinary. But Redwood City spokesman Malcolm Smith said the city is paying for additional tests.

Others say the deaths may have been caused by environmental pollution from agricultural runoff, or even from Fukushima radiation.

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In Response To: WHY whales 'beached' themselves. Notice this has stopped? Also WHY millions of fish washed up, birds falling from sky... (Bob)

It hasn't stopped. California has sharks washing up with internal bleeding.. Susoni *************** Pilot whale dies after beaching near Sullom Voe May 2011 http://news.stv.tv/scotland/highlands-islands/249674-pilot-whale-dies-after-beaching-near-sullom-voe/ *********** 8 of 20 pilot whales stranded off Cudjoe Key rescued, being nursed back to health - May 2011 There was some success Friday, as marine mammal rescue responders and volunteers worked around the clock to save pilot whales that stranded themselves in shallow waters in the Lower Keys. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/06/2205252/8-of-20-pilot-whales-stranded.html#ixzz1MRWQYt5c ******************** A whale found dead on a south Taranaki beach has been buried. The 22.5m-long pygmy blue whale [Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda], which weighed between 60 and 80 tonnes, washed up on Waiinu beach near Waitotara on Friday night or Saturday morning. http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/local/news/beached-whale-buried-on-south-taranaki-beach/3950235/ ************** Sharks Dying by the Dozens Due to Internal Bleeding Dozens of leopard sharks have been washing up dead in California since April, and now a necropsy shows at least one of the sharks died of massive internal bleeding, such that blood was even coming out of the shark's skin, according to a Daily News report. BLOG: Shark Fins Traced to Endangered Populations The necropsy, conducted by the California Department of Fish and Game, uncovered "inflammation, bleeding and lesions in the brain, and hemorrhaging from the skin near vents." According to the Daily News story, bleeding was additionally detected around the tested female's other internal organs. The results suggest the 50 sharks that have washed up dead at Redwood Shores in Redwood City, California, since April must have died a slow and agonizing death. http://news.discovery.com/animals/sharks-dying-by-the-dozens-due-to-internal-bleeding.html ************************** http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?noframes;read=204646

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