Now we have more than 40,000 crabs dead, on England beaches

We really are losing track of all this...

First, we have birds falling from the sky, then thousands upon thousands of dead fish washing up on shore.

Now we have more than 40,000 Velvet swimming crabs dead on England beaches.

The shoreline is trashed with the dead crabs, dead starfish, lobsters, sponges and anemones.

The possible reason this sudden outbreak of death? Hypothermia is a possibility.
The crabs enjoy warm seas, but when a winter like this one blankets the beaches, they just can’t handle the freezing temperatures.

Similar crab deaths happened in the same place two years and five years ago.

This started with the snow that blasted Europe shortly before Christmas.

Some of the local experts are researching the dead crabs, but nothing can be done to prevent the massive number of deaths.

On Wednesday, 50 jackdaw birds were found dead on a street in Stockholm, Sweden.

A veterinarian investigating the incident said the cause of death is unknown but it may have been the fireworks that went off that night causing their demise.

So, maybe it was the shock from the fireworks and perhaps the cold weather and difficulty finding food as possible reasons for the deaths.

These recent animal deaths join the thousands of others in the last week in the United States.

On Tuesday, 450 birds plummeted to their deaths in Louisiana for apparently no reason.

On New Year’s Eve, more than 3,000 red-winged blackbirds inexplicably fell from the skies in Arkansas.

Wildlife experts just west of where the blackbirds were found are still trying to figure out why 100,000 drum fish washed up on the shores of the Arkansas River.

A pollutant would have affected all fish, not just the one species, so investigators suspect the fish were stricken by an illness.

Here's a map to guide you: DEATH MAP

While we're at it, did you hear about  Victoria's Goldstream Provincial Park and the Goldstream River turning bright green late Wednesday afternoon.

The fluorescent green appeared on the Victoria side of the entrance to the park where salmon runs, eagles fly and other wildlife live.

After an hour, the river was back to its normal self.

Ministry of Environment teams were immediately sent to the area to investigate and members of Langford Fire Department collected samples for analysis.

At least this time no dead fish or animals have been discovered.

Earlier in the day a fountain beside Veterans Memorial Parkway in Langford also turned bright green.