Wildlife Sightings
A Florida manatee off Cape Cod.
A sunfish netted off the Faroes.
A blue-footed booby in Washington State.
What the hell is going on?!?
Anyone have more out-of-place critters to report? Send them along.
A sunfish netted off the Faroes.
A blue-footed booby in Washington State.
What the hell is going on?!?
Anyone have more out-of-place critters to report? Send them along.
13 Comments:
On Thanksgiving Day a few years back an olive ridley sea turtle came ashore in Tomales Bay, north of San Francisco.
Here's the story, from the Pt. Reyes Light.
Penguins in Brazil.
http://depts.washington.edu/uweek/archives/2000.12.DEC_07/_article7.html
Good responses. Maybe this should be a regular feature.
By the way, here's another one that just came to mind: Grizzlies heading into polar bear territory.
And here's the working link to anonymous's penguins story above.
Okay, keep the sightings coming.
heres one, armadillas in illinois.
http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/30890
Red Devil' squid off Alaska. They're also called Humboldt Squid (for the South American current) but Red Devil sounds more menacing.
From the BBC, 2004: Strange things are happening in the North Sea. Cod stocks are slumping faster than over-fishing can account for, and Mediterranean species like red mullet are migrating north
Trees too!
And don't forget tigers in Africa. But that's not what you mean, is it?
No. Not tigers in Africa, nor Asian carp in the Illinois River nor snakeheads in the Potomac either. But then, I didn't specify, did I?
the question is how many anomalies before you discern a pattern. it does seem to stack up. northward migration due to warming. but cna we say for sure?
yellowfin tuna on the welsh coast
I read something about a "plague of jellyfish" in the Med this summer. Related?
to above comment: apparently yes.
And, from same article: Artic seals in Spain.
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