ST Petersburg, Fl. – A mysterious misery that spins the prehistoric, dangerous smalltow sophish irregularly in florida water and often dies, with it again. More than 50 deaths registered last yearWildlife officials said Wednesday.
The State Fish and Wildlife Defense Commission has reported that after about nine months of lull, there have been 22 reports of strange spinning behavior in the water around the Florida keys since December. The recent outbreak has reported six sawdust deaths.
It is not clear whether the problem was causing at least 54 sophish deaths last year. The agency has reported that in investigating issues such as parasites, bacteria, viruses and more than 250 chemicals, as well as toxic red recruits, nothing has become crucial.
The agency said in a statement, “Vijay. Mano found some subtle changes in the brain tissue of the affected fish, but further research was needed.”
Sawdust Rays, related to the rays, skates and sharks, are named for their elaborate, flat snow out t of each which has a row of tooths on each side. Sophish has been lasting for millions of years, can live for decades and be very large, some up to 17 feet (about 5 meters). They were once abundant along the southeast US coast, but are now mainly located on the coast of southwestern Florida and their residence, such as Keys Island Chain.
Since December 2023, more than 500 reports of spinning sophish and other species have been documented.
After the early death, state legislators allowed $ 2 million to fund the death of a wood in Biscaine Bay near Miami, Florida Bay and Florida Keo. According to the FWC, some money goes to the water samples and local fishing guides for other work. There Sawdust People to report spinning or vortex fish.
One of the principles is that last year a long heat wave is mostly attributed to weather change and is guilty of bleaching corals, it can change algae in sea water, especially close to sea floor, where wood fish are often found. Like the rays, the sage gills are on their underruside, so their intake often comes from the bottom.
FWC said, “Vijay. Mano has received a number of algules in the fish tissue, and is currently being investigated as possible causes.”
Smalltooth Sophish from 2003 US List in danger species. Florida deliberately restricts the captivity, harm or harassing a pigeon.
In recent years, Threatened Florida also died in large water as pollution caused most of their seagrass food sources. State and federal officials fed a lot of lettuce to the winter man’s collected winter outside the power plant for two years, and in 2021 recorded 565 deaths in 2024 compared to the record 1,100.
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