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Fish along the Florida Keys are spinning in circles until they die

by uberdru on 3/25/24, 12:29 PM with 1 comments

  • by nonrandomstring on 3/25/24, 1:04 PM

    > in at least 44 species

    That's something quite systemic.

    Are these fish that use magnetism to navigate? Like sharks do? There's a solar storm this week. Seems unlikely. Measuring LF EMF would be a good start. Maybe a HV cable?

    If it's not a neurotoxin it might be a parasite like Diplostomum pseudospathaceum that is inter-species and causes the fish to get eaten more easily [0].

    [0] https://www.newscientist.com/article/2129880-parasite-living...