This is terrifying! Thousands of cuttlefish strand at Bahia Inglesa, Acatama, Chile, a region that was hit by extreme floods recently.
The mass beaching was discovered by baffled beachgoers on Sunday, February 10, 2019.
Varazón de Jibias en Bahía Inglesa hoy en la mañana, Variables ambientales en el agua como alza de T° generan en especies alteraciones fisiologicas y Stress. pic.twitter.com/eJAyI0xXej
— Ignacio Rubilar D (@irubilardonoso) February 10, 2019
The cause of the mollusk mass die-off remains a mystery.
⚠️Atención⚠️ se hace un llamado a la comunidad de Bahia Inglesa a NO sacar ni tocar las Jibias que aparecieron varadas hoy en la playa, se desconoce el motivo de lo sucedido y nuestros expertos están trabajando junto a la Armada y Sernapesca. pic.twitter.com/bGh8TFzcNl
— Seremi Salud Atacama (@SeremiSalud3) February 10, 2019
The Navy, Sernapesca and the Seremi de Salud de Atacama are investigating.
Meanwhile, authorities warned and advised not to remove or touch the dead animals … Let say they don’t listen carefully to the gov. warnings 🙂
That’s another very remarkable sign of the coming End of Times! Well, it seems that apocalypse isn’t a problem for those resilient squid as the number of cephalopods – tentacled squid, octopus and cuttlefish – has dramatically increased during the past 60 years.
