An article surfaced recently which indicated that an inordinate amount of two separate species of animals were suddenly dying en masse in Arkansas. Around 100, 000 drum fish, they mentioned, surfaced along a 20 mile stretch of a river. Over 100 miles away, almost 5,000 red-winged blackbirds fell dead or dying from the sky, littering the communities below. These phenomena are interesting enough, but I would have to note that nothing real or speculative regarding why these things happen can compete with the comments that people make below the articles. Apparently, this is a sign of the Apocalypse. Mayan shamen saw this coming. That's why they went ahead and failed as a society, so they wouldn't live to see the death and destruction. All they left us was this calendar that doesn't really go past next year. Which must mean that they knew something. Or, they just got bored trying to predict where the sun would be that far in advance. An old Mayan fellow probably decided that his son should probably take over the calendaring business, but as luck would have it, Junior wanted to design shrines instead, so, you know, it just sort of fizzled out. But I digress.
Arkansas always struck me as one of those states that people would naturally be dying to get out of. I suppose it stands to reason that the wildlife could experience similar small town, middle of nowhere cabin-feveritis and collectively, or at least in large yet isolated migratory packs, all decide to drink the Kool-Aid. I don't think it is so preposterous. The line between animal intelligence and human stupidity has always been a thin one, but these days...
Two points of interest regarding the above mentioned species: 1) red-winged blackbirds primarily stick to a diet of seeds and insects, however, they will mate just about anywhere, and 2) drum fish will eat just about anything, however, they only mate when it is hot and dry (which I imagine could be a bit infrequent, considering the fish lives in water). Interesting.
This has been brought to you while under the influence of Sweetwater IPA.
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