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7 BILLION crabs 'disappear' from Bering Straits in last 4 years, industry faces ruin with shortages & price increases already occuring

Paul Farrell
Daily Mail
Mon, 17 Oct 2022 20:06 UTC
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Snow crab are typically found in Alaska waters in the Bering, Beauford and Chuckchi seas. There are around 65 boats fishing those waters
The future of one of the Discovery Channel's most successful franchises is under severe threat following the news that Alaska's lucrative snow crab fishing season has been canceled.

Deadliest Catch has aired on the network since April 2005 and made stars of veteran sea captains such as Sig Hansen, Keith Colburn and Bill Wichrowski. Its 18th season is currently airing.

DailyMail.com has reached out to the stars and producers of the show for comment on its future.

Speaking to KING5, Bri Dwyer, the wife of one of the star's Deadliest Catch, said that the fishermen found out at the same time as everyone else that the season was canceled.

Comment: According to one researcher, who in the following Twitter thread provides a wealth of data to support his theory, it seems that both Earth Changes - sea ice melt - and human activity - poor management and overfishing - are to blame:

One question might be: what was causing the sea ice to melt? Was it a brief warm period that is now giving way to global cooling? And/or is there heating occurring in the depths as has been noted elsewhere? Lake Michigan deep water is warming and scientists don't know why - NOAA

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Signs and Portents:Two-headed Honduran albino milk snake welcomed to the world by a breeder in North Carolina

Paw Mozter
Nature World News
Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:15 UTC
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A North Carolina guy with snake-raising experience recently welcomed a two-headed Honduran albino milk snake into the world.

According to Jimmy Mabe of CBS affiliate WGHP in High Point, the snake has two distinct personalities, one of which looks to be more dominant than the other.

"The right side is more aggressive than the left," Mabe explained. "It wants to bite me even more."

Jeff Beane, herpetology collections manager at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, told Newsweek that he has seen a few two-headed snakes, but it is a relatively rare occurrence.
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Doberman

7-month-old child dies after dog attack in Uttar Pradesh, India


Economic Times
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:33 UTC
dog attack
With an increasing number of dog-related incidents being reported, most recently a seven-month-old child was mauled to death by a stray dog in Noida Sector 100 on Monday evening. The event took place in a high-rise society, Lotus Boulevard, where the child's father was a laborer working at a construction site.

The child was rushed to a nearby hospital and admitted to the ICU. The attack was so severe that the child's intestines were pulled out during the course of the attack and the child has to undergo a surgery, which eventually proved to be unsuccessful.

The child has passed away earlier today, after being in a critical condition the whole night.
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80-year-old mauled to death by daughter's 3 dogs, Georgia cops say

Tanasia Kenney
Kansas City Star
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:30 UTC
dog attack
A woman is charged with involuntary manslaughter after her three dogs mauled her 80-year-old mother to death, according to authorities in Georgia. The attack occurred Oct. 7 at a home in LaGrange, according to the Troup County Sheriff's Office.

A neighbor called 911 after hearing the 80-year-old's sister shouting for help from a window. Deputies arrived to find a woman with "visible wounds" lying on the floor and three "large" dogs that had to be shooed outside with pepper spray, according to an Oct. 14 news release.

The victim, identified as Rosetta Gesselman, was treated at the scene and later taken to a hospital where she died.

No other injuries were reported.
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Fish

'Bad omen' oarfish found off the coast of Mexico

Sumedha Tripathi
India Times
Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:58 UTC
oarfish
A group of fishermen in Mexico found a rare fish that according to local legend is considered a 'bad omen.'

This oarfish or 'sea monster' has been discovered a second time in a matter of months. The long, ribbon-bodied specimen was identified as an oarfish mostly found living in the deep waters. It is not visible to humans.

A video is being shared online showing this magnificent creature in the back of the truck. It was shared on the Twitter account @AlertaCambio, which is known for reporting strange facts related to weather, nature and wildlife.

The account shared the video on October 5 with the caption (translated): "Oarfish found off the coast of Sinaloa, Mexico."

Watch the video here:

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Doberman

3 year old girl killed, 12 injured in dog attack in Odisha, India


Odishatv Bureau
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:47 UTC
dog attack
A three-year-old girl was killed while 12 others were left injured after being bitten by a stray dog in Balipata village under Patnagarh block in Bolangir district.


Comment: A day earlier an elderly man also died following a dog attack in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Tropical kingbird from the Gulf of Mexico turns up in Windsor, Ontario


CBC News
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 17:43 UTC
One picture snapped of the tropical kingbird on its visit to Windsor Tuesday.
© Eddy BeaubienOne picture snapped of the tropical kingbird on its visit to Windsor Tuesday.
A rare bird had birders flocking to Windsor, Ont., this week to catch a glimpse.

It's called a tropical kingbird. Originally from the Gulf of Mexico, the bird was spotted fluttering around the city Monday morning and remained into the day on Tuesday as well.

Jeremy Bensette, one of a few year-round resident birders from the Point Pelee area, said the bird was first spotted along side the Detroit River which mobilized a number of local bird watchers who were followed by some out-of-towners.

Bensette said there have been a number of vagrant birds found in the northeast of North America in recent days, likely pulled north from the tropics in one of the recent large hurricanes.

"Sometimes [in] the weeks following, these birds are found surviving in natural areas, in the Great Lakes region or on the East coast," he said. "No one knows for sure, but that's likely where this what turned out to be a tropical kingbird, came from."

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Attention

Second mass stranding within days on Chatham Islands, New Zealand - 500 pilot whales likely to die

Tess McClure
The Guardian
Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:36 UTC
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About 250 whales beached on remote Chatham Islands just days after another stranding involving similar number of mammals

Hundreds of pilot whales have stranded on New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands just days after a nearby beaching resulted in 250 mammals dying or being euthanised.

About 250 whales came ashore at Pitt Island/Rangiauria in the second stranding, taking the total number of whales stranded on the Chatham Islands to around 500, the general manager of Project Jonah, Daren Grover, said on Monday. The project runs a stranding hotline and mobilises marine rescues.


Comment: 215 pilot whales die on Chatham Island - 3rd mass stranding within 3 weeks for the region


Because of the isolation of the Chatham Islands and an active shark population, it is considered too dangerous to actively refloat stranded whales. Unless they are naturally refloated by the tides, all of them will die.
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Elderly woman mauled to death by dogs in San Bernardino County, California


FOX 11
Sat, 08 Oct 2022 10:22 UTC
dog attack
A San Bernardino County woman is dead after sheriff's deputies say she was attacked by two dogs in the Baldy Mesa area.

Deputies were called to the intersection area of Vinton Street and Mesa Road shortly after 11 a.m. Friday. Baldy Mesa is an unincorporated area of San Bernardino County approximately 35 miles north of San Bernardino. When they arrived, they found 80-year-old Soon Han unresponsive in the road. After an investigation, deputies determined that Han was out for a walk when she was attacked by two dogs from a nearby home. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Deputies found the dogs' owner and say they're cooperating with the investigation. San Bernardino County Animal Control took the two dogs, both of the Dogo Argentino breed, into custody, where they will be kept until deputies conclude their investigation.

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215 pilot whales die on Chatham Island - 3rd mass stranding within 3 weeks for the region


Edan Magnet
Sat, 08 Oct 2022 09:53 UTC
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A group of 215 pilot whales have died after they became stranded on a remote New Zealand island, environmentalists say.

Many of the whales were already dead when they were discovered in the northwest corner of Chatham Island, some 840 kilometres east of mainland New Zealand, environmental charity Project Jonah said.

"The Chatham Islands is a challenging spot for stranding response, known for great white sharks, remote beaches and a resident population of less than 800 people," the charity said on Facebook on Saturday.

Project Jonah said those factors meant the whales that were still alive had to be euthanised.

"While we always hope surviving whales are able to be refloated, this wasn't an option here."

Whale strandings are not uncommon on the Chatham Islands, with the largest event recorded in 1918 when more than 1000 animals died in a single stranding.


Source: Australian Associated Press

Comment: Details of the other 2 strandings:

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