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Redondo Beach Dead Fish Another Sign of the Apocalypse? Twitter Thinks So

Mar 8, 2011 – 2:20 PM
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David Knowles

David Knowles Writer

It sure has been a tough year for animals, but has it been of biblical proportions?

As news of a massive fish kill at King Harbor in Redondo Beach, Calif., spread across the Internet on Tuesday, concerned Twitter users flocked to the microblogging site to vent a little apocalyptic steam.

While the cause of the latest mass die-off of anchovies is believed to have been a red tide, some tweeps couldn't help but speculate about the end of the world as we know it. In a year that has already seen cows, bees, fish and birds keeling over in seemingly synchronized fashion, perhaps that's not surprising.

Surge Desk has a sampling of the doomsday vibe:

More signs of the apocalypse...Millions of dead fish in Redondo Beach http://t.co/xpUsvn3 CC: @taraless than a minute ago via Tweet Button



dead achovies appeared in Redondo Beach's King Harbor..and guess what? sceintist cannot find a cause of death. smh, the Bible is #theTruthless than a minute ago via web



The world is ending they found over a million dead fish in redondo beachless than a minute ago via Plume



There are millions of dead fish around Redondo beach oh my dear God..less than a minute ago via web



Wow millions of fish are dead floating in Redondo Beach. First animals just dropping dead now this...less than a minute ago via Echofon



Still, not every Twitter user was freaking out at the news of the anchovy die-off:

@cnnbrk RELATED: thousands of pizza chefs flock to Redondo Beach harbor.less than a minute ago via web


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