1000's of Starfish Dead (Pic)

[dgridley]

Had no idea starfish were even that common.. (used to see them in tidal pools when I was a kid in California)

For five miles they stretched along the beaches, a gruesome line of dead starfish.

Fishermen and bird-watchers at Pegwell Bay near Sandwich, Kent, discovered a "carpet" of thousands of the creatures lying on the sand just above the water line.

And on the beach at nearby Sandwich Bay, thousands more were photographed by Tony Flashman.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...in_article_id=530370&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490

I'm betting the mussels they were feeding on poisoned them in some way.

 

[liquidcherry]

Nope D, you are wrong....they've been killed by "Gorton's"....why you ask?

It was at the nearby "Sandwich Bay"...they come up soon with a new frozen starfish sandwich, duh!!!!!

(btw, i think it's horrible and i agree with you , it is some poisoning...either mussels or just the water quality)

Frank

 

[DnPresident]

Must have hit a bad batch of the recent pharmaceuticals found in the water.

 

[mathiasc]

shortage of mussels... lol..

 

[bizwiz]

Might be caused by some toxins in the water or perhaps due to the climate.

 

[netzilla]

Dang thats messed up

 

[orkut magic]

i guess it was caused by some toxic element ...

save sea life animals

 

[dgridley]

Digging up old posts, are we? :p

 

[-Alex-]

i guess it was caused by some toxic element ...

save sea life animals

Thousands of dead starfish have been washed up on the Kent coastline after they ventured into shallow waters because there was a shortage of mussels

Was because of the shortage of mussels

 

[weblord]

somehow the url won't load up for me. any alternative site?

 

[freelink4u]

kind of sad incident.i like star fishes

 

[Achaias]

That reminds me of something I've seen in a couple of emails that always makes me think a little. If you've seen this in endless forwards my apologies but its a good story.

"There was a man who would take a walk every morning along the beach. As he walked, he would pick up starfish and throw them back into the ocean. He would do this all down the beach on his entire walk. The man would walk back up the beach on the way home probably picking up many of the same starfish and throw them, yet again, back into the ocean. He did this same routine day after day.

A neighbor watched this man do this each day. The tide would come in and so would the starfish. The man would throw them in the ocean. They would wash back up on the shore.

The neighbor watching could not stand it anymore. Finally, one day the neighbor asked the man why he spent so much effort throwing the starfish back into the water. "They just get washed back up on the shore again. What does it matter?"

The man reached down, picked up a starfish and threw it into the ocean. "It mattered to that one!"

To much of the world, the efforts of some people don't seem to matter. It just looks futile. It just seems to be a whole lot of effort and not much to show for it. In fact, it just drives some people crazy.

To the starfish being washed up on the beach and left stuck in the sand, there is a different perspective. They are kept alive because of the effort of just one person.

Many days, I am the starfish washed up on the beach. I am grateful for someonewho care enough to keep throwing me back in the ocean. Some days repeatedly! A few days I get to be the one walking on the beach. I pray that I never stop reaching down to pick up starfish.

"It matters to that one!" "

 

[dgridley]

That's a great story, thanks! Rep +

That reminds me of something I've seen in a couple of emails that always makes me think a little. If you've seen this in endless forwards my apologies but its a good story.

"There was a man who would take a walk every morning along the beach. As he walked, he would pick up starfish and throw them back into the ocean. He would do this all down the beach on his entire walk. The man would walk back up the beach on the way home probably picking up many of the same starfish and throw them, yet again, back into the ocean. He did this same routine day after day.

A neighbor watched this man do this each day. The tide would come in and so would the starfish. The man would throw them in the ocean. They would wash back up on the shore.

The neighbor watching could not stand it anymore. Finally, one day the neighbor asked the man why he spent so much effort throwing the starfish back into the water. "They just get washed back up on the shore again. What does it matter?"

The man reached down, picked up a starfish and threw it into the ocean. "It mattered to that one!"

To much of the world, the efforts of some people don't seem to matter. It just looks futile. It just seems to be a whole lot of effort and not much to show for it. In fact, it just drives some people crazy.

To the starfish being washed up on the beach and left stuck in the sand, there is a different perspective. They are kept alive because of the effort of just one person.

Many days, I am the starfish washed up on the beach. I am grateful for someonewho care enough to keep throwing me back in the ocean. Some days repeatedly! A few days I get to be the one walking on the beach. I pray that I never stop reaching down to pick up starfish.

"It matters to that one!" "

 

[Phoebe_]

Those are loads of starfish.. Aren't they contaminated with some poison or something?