Well, you people are probably getting sick of my doomsday posts, but this is definitely an EXTREMELY RARE event that scientists and government officials across the world will be trying to explain this week. Within a 48 hour period, trillions of fish are dead from New Zealand to Florida to Brazil to Britain and South Wales to Vietnam to Haiti, millions of dead fish in Chesapeake Bay, Florida and Arkansas too -- different species of fish. Continual reports are coming in - also Vietnam, Haiti, unexplained dead fish worldwide -- all within a TWO DAY TIME FRAME!! All of the postings below are from today or yesterday.

New Zealand:
'Carpet' of dead snapper on New Zealand beaches
THERE'S been another inexplicable case of dead animals with dozens of dead fish washing up on a New Zealand beach.

Auckland resident James Hughes spotted the snapper floating close to shore after children rushed up to him and his friends holding some of the dead fish, NZPA reports.

It comes after several instances of thousands of birds dropping dead out of the sky in the US this week.

----------------------------------------------------Britain:
Dr. Alasdair Bruce, one of the experts studying the dead crabs.
After the reported incident of mass birds deaths in Arkansas and Louisiana, in Britain, more than 40,000 of dead Devil crabs also known as Velvet swimming crabs has been reported being washed up along the Kent coast.

According to a Thanet Geologist named Dr. Alasdair Bruce, his first thought about the mass crab kill was due to some oil contamination because of a large deposits of black sand also being washed ashore. However, he said that; “I am very pleased to say it wasn’t. The sand itself is naturally black.”

Reports said that environmental experts believed that the cold weather in Britain last December was the reason of the mass crab death. It was said that it was the coldest December in 120 years, which left sea temperatures much lower than average.

“We believe the sudden temperature drop causes the crabs to suffer from hypothermia and die,” coastal warden Tony Sykes was quoted saying.

The Britain Devil crabs or Velvet swimming crabs were found dead along with smaller numbers of sponges, whelks and anemones. Dead crabs were also found from beaches at Cliftonville, Westbrook and Kingsgate while smaller numbers have washed up between Broadstairs and Ramsgate, reports said.

Chesapeake Bay:
The Baltimore Sun reports that an estimated 2 million fish were found dead in the Chesapeake Bay, mostly adult spot with some juvenile croakers in the mix, as well. Maryland Department of the Environment spokesperson Dawn Stoltzfus says "cold-water stress" is believed to be the culprit. She told The Sun that similar large winter fish deaths were documented in 1976 and 1980.

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Brazil:
Scientists have also been left baffled by at least 100 tons of sardines, croaker and catfish washing up dead along the Brazil coastline near Paranaguá. Thousands of Brazilian fishermen are struggling to make ends meet after the sale of seafood was temporarily suspended when masses of fish were discovered dead in Paranaguá, Antonina and Guaraqueçaba Pontal do Paraná. Experts have speculated that cold weather or chemical leaks could be behind the deaths.

Edmir Manoel Ferreira, president of the Federation of Fishermen's Colony of Parana, said the deaths had been discovered since Thursday last week. 'On Thursday (1/6) we began to find a lot of dead fish. One community had to bury 15 tons alone. 'We are experiencing a very sad situation on the coast.'

Samples of the dead fish have been sent to the Centre for Marine Studies at the Universidade Federal do Parana.

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There were more fish deaths reported today in New Zealand, while in England, the carcasses of 40,000 devil crabs are strewn across a beach in Kent.

They are the latest in a spate of incidents which are being blamed on New Year fireworks, thunderstorms, cold weather, parasites and even poisoning.

The internet has been abuzz with conspiracy theories about secret government experiments being behind the deaths, or it being a sign of a looming Armageddon at the end of the Mayan calendar next year.

The mass deaths include:

450 red-winged blackbirds, brown-headed cowbirds, grackles and starlings found littering a highway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
3,000 blackbirds on roofs and roads in the small town of Beebe, Arkansas
Thousands of 'devil crabs' washed up along the Kent coast near Thanet
Thousands of drum fish washed along a 20-mile stretch of the Arkansas River
Tens of thousands of small fish in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
Hundreds of snapper fish found dead in New Zealand
From Washington Post

Dozens dead in Sweden, hundreds washed ashore in New Zealand. Is the world witnessing the end of days or is this just a case of coincidence fueled by wild speculation?

Ever since residents of Beebe, Ark., woke up on New Year's Day to thousands of blackbirds that had dropped mysteriously from the sky, other sudden animal deaths have been reported furiously around the world. In a nearby Arkansas town, thousands of fish washed ashore on Monday. On Tuesday, another 500 blackbirds were found dead in Baton Rouge, La.

Then the story went international. Sweden reported dozens of birds falling out of the sky and New Zealand reported hundreds of dead snapper washing ashore. The Chesapeake Bay has 2 million fish estimated dead.

Dr. Mike, a reader at BlogPost, writes that dead fish have also floated up on the Haiti/Dominican Republic border and in Sydney, Brazil and Wales.

Does this mean the Christian group spreading the word that the end is nigh -- very, very nigh -- is correct? The group's date for Judgment Day: May 21, 2011.

Conspiracy theorists start your engines. Only, first a word of caution:

It seems sudden bird deaths occur more often than one would think. About 500 million to 1 billion birds are killed every year and mass deaths have been noted about 16 times in the past 20 years, the PBS NewsHour reports.

Rather than a divine sign, the cause could be human: fireworks scaring the birds, toxic chemicals killing the fish or powerlines tangling up the birds. There are also reports that some of the deaths could be natural: The Chesapeake Bay carnage might be due to "cold-weather stress," NPR reports. Or the bird deaths could be related to the avian flu recently reported in Japan, as reader Bob worries (Reader Nashvillain suggests everyone go get their flu shot now).

Or is it a self-fulfilling prophecy: when one news report about dead birds becomes big news, a few dead birds anywhere in the world becomes big news.

Or is it? How about some guesses as to the real cause? The Post's Alexandra Petri offers up her opinion: "Angry Birds turns out to be a horrific, Enders Game-esque trick with sobering real-world consequences."

Dead Birds Fall From Sky In Sweden, Millions Of Dead Fish Found In Maryland, Brazil, New Zealand
The Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan First Posted: 01- 5-11 09:11 AM | Updated: 01- 5-11 11:42 AM

Millions of dead fish surfaced in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay in the U.S., Tuesday, while similar unexplained mass fish deaths occurred across the world in Brazil and New Zealand. On Wednesday, 50 birds were found dead on a street in Sweden. The news come after recents reports of mysterious massive bird and fish deaths days prior in Arkansas and Louisiana.

ParanaOnline reports that 100 tons of sardines, croaker and catfish have washed up in Brazilian fishing towns since last Thursday. The cause of the deaths is unknown, with an imbalance in the environment, chemical pollution, or accidental release from a fishing boat all suggested by local officials.

In New Zealand, hundreds of dead snapper fish washed up on Coromandel Peninsula beaches, many found with their eyes missing, The New Zealand Herald reports. A Department of Conservation official allegedly claims the fish were starving due to weather conditions.

While all three events are likely unrelated, they come after recent reports of mysterious dead birds falling from the sky in both Arkansas and Louisiana. Thousands of dead birds were found in Beebe, Arkansas on New Year's Eve, and a few days later, around 500 of the same species were found 300 miles south in Louisiana. A Kentucky woman also reported finding dozens of dead birds scattered around her home. In the days prior to New Year's, nearly 100,000 fish surfaced in an Arkansas river 100 miles west of Beebe. Officials are now saying that fireworks likely caused the Arkansas bird deaths, and power lines may be to blame for the death of the birds in Louisiana.

Some remain skeptical of the explanations. Dan Cristol, a biology professor and co-founder of the Institute for Integrative Bird Behavior Studies at the College of William & Mary, told the AP that he was hesitant to believe fireworks were to blame unless "somebody blew something into the roost, literally blowing the birds into the sky."

Wednesday, officials in Sweden reported the finding of 50 dead birds on a street, suPosted: 4:49 pm EST January 4, 2011Updated: 8:32 am EST January 5, 2011

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Thousands of dead fish were floating in Volusia County Tuesday. They were all in Spruce Creek in Port Orange. The fish kill is unusual because it is warm, according to people who live along the creek.

Spruce Creek, Florida
It's been a week since there were freezing temperatures, but there are fish lining the banks. Some said it's the worst kill they've ever seen; thousands of fish lined the twists and turns of Spruce Creek.

The sheer number of fish and the smell were both overwhelming.

"It was fun last night trying to sleep with the smell going on," said resident Sunny Morningstar.

"Even with your windows closed and everything?" WFTV reporter Jason Allen asked.

"Yes, yes," Morningstar said.

Buzzards and pelicans flocked to the site Tuesday and swarmed above the water. They filled trees and private boat docks and waited at the water's edge for an easy meal.

Kayakers on the creek told WFTV, that during their five-hour paddle, they'd seen fish around every bend and it appeared to be one of the most extensive kills they had seen.

"This looks a little worse than last year, at least this area. I don't remember this being that populated as it is this time," resident Mike Kovach said.

The Fish and Wildlife Commission was aware of the kill. A representative said it started last week. The representative blamed last week's cold temperatures and speculated the kill wasn't growing, but that winds were causing fish to just pile up.

Most of the fish were mullet, ladyfish and catfish, and not the valuable sporting fish called snook that died in mass during a cold spell last year.

Residents told WFTV the fish kill is big enough that it's attracting brown and white pelicans from the beach, which are birds they rarely see this far inland.

yeh this is some serious business... it can't be explained away as some kinda unrelated synchronicity.

here's a map:

http://j.imagehost.org/view/0695/animal_deaths_2011