Sunday, April 30, 2006

Over 400 Dolphins Found Dead in Waters Near Tanzania Africa

Mystery Surrounds the deaths of Several hundred Dolphins in waters around Zanzibar Tanzania.

This was not the ordinary "beaching" event. What makes this situation different is that the Dolphins were being found dead way out to sea, before they hit land. They did not die after being beached.

Original Story Here...

Scientists are investigating.

Sonar is now suspected....

The sonar theory is the most likely cause of the event IMO. These are deep water animals. When certain frequencies of sonar hit them, it scares them and/or causes pain. This causes the animals to try to get out of the water as soon as possible. In their attempts to get away from the sonar, they end up rising to the surface way too fast. This causes the "Bends" condition, which kills them.

This is one of the worst cases of Marine deaths in recent memory.
This is just 400 THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT. How many others died out to sea, where no one can find them or where no one may be looking. These sonar waves travel many many miles, so widespread deaths are plausable.

The navy should get out of denial about the problem. Once they do that, they should try to determine what frequencies of sonar are least threatening to major marine life. They should try to limit use of sonar in peacetime only to certain frequencies or they should try to reduce the use of it in peacetime altogether.

What use is it in East Africa in the so called "War on Terror" anyway?

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