Dolphin "Mass Suicide": Is Sonar to Blame?

Early last week, a pod of 26 dolphins beached themselves in Cornwall, England ... and experts are suggesting that they've committed "mass suicide":

The dolphins that died after beaching in Cornwall had ingested debris and mud, leading one of the scientists who examined them to compare
their deaths to "mass suicide".

Vic Simpson, a pathologist who examined some of the 26 dead mammals, said today: "On the face of it, it looks like some sort of mass suicide - but the question is why? The dolphins had swallowed and inhaled big chunks of mud from the estuary. Their lungs and stomachs were full of it. That is very bizarre indeed."

Theories range from the dolphins being frightened by a killer whale to sonar use by the Navy: Guardian Article (Photo: Barry Batchelor/PA Wire), Telegraph article (dolphins "were scared ashore")

Mass beaching of dolphins aren't new: last year, 152 dolphins washed up in Iran - there, the authorities blamed the deaths on fishing practice.


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Perhaps it as a result of this technology,
whether purposefully or by accident:
http://www.spunk.org/library/altern/pub/keith/sp000435.txt

Excerpt:
Byrd also wrote of experiments where behavior of animals was controlled by exposure to weak electromagnetic fields. "At a certain frequency and power intensity, they could make the animal purr, lay down and
roll over."
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Suicidal fish? Well not actually cause aren't they mammals or something?

Hey maybe this is the beginning of the end of days
I know we are already in the "end times" but maybe it's closer than we think. Maybe they know something we don't, or I guess it could be because we are virtually wiping out every species on this planet except for man. But maybe that's not entirely man's fault. Didn't GOD say to man multiply and be fruitfull. Maybe we are a bit too fruitfull. Haha.
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Reminds me a bit of that Simpson's episode when the Dolphins take over the land. I guess this was a failed party of scouts.

Ok, now I feel bad for playing on the deaths of Dolphins. :(
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