First I have heard of this, and it’s distressing. Anyone know more? At least 38 endangered sawfish have died since January, and now more than 50 species — including stingrays, crabs and sharks — have shown signs of distress, including spinning and whirling, according to the latest data provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Sawfish, with their chainsaw-like snout used for hunting and digging, were the first marine fish species to earn federal protection in 2003. The cause for the bizarre behavior is still being determined. State animal necropsies to date have shown no signs of pathogens or bacterial infection, though sawfish tissue continues to be tested. Water oxygen levels, salt content and temperature are not currently suspected to be the cause, either. And wildlife experts haven’t found any toxins produced by red tide blooms. State wildlife biologists have sent 52 fish and a dozen sawfish samples to the University of South Alabama for further study. As of Wednesday, state crews have fielded more than 400 reports to the fish kill hotline and have collected more than 200 samples from fish. First endangered sawfish rescued from die-off First endangered sawfish rescued from die-off - Tampa Bay Times
That is distressing. Saw a 60 Minutes piece tonight about the extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger and the belief of some that a few are still in the wild. What man has done to "God's" creatures is ....... well, the right word fails me.
