Shocking: Millions of Sea Animals Killed After UK Freezing Storm – See Disturbing Photos+VIDEO
UK’s extremely cold storm Emma that hit the UK left millions of sea creatures including seals, lobsters, and starfish dead along Yorkshire coast.
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Mass die-off
Nearly millions of starfish, crab, mussels, and lobsters have been washed up on the North Sea coast of the United Kingdom due to the recent freezing weather and storms.
Source: Rodney Forster / Via Twitter: @rodney_forster
Tens of thousands of creatures were found dead or dying on along the Holderness coast in Yorkshire and similar mass mortality has been reported in Kent and Norfolk.
Source: Bex Lynham/Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
“There was a 3C drop in sea temperature last week which will have caused animals to hunker down and reduce their activity levels,” said Bex Lynam, from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. “This makes them vulnerable to rough seas – they became dislodged by large waves and washed ashore when the rough weather kicked in.”
Sudden drop in temperature caused invertebrate die off at our local beach. pic.twitter.com/YCmNXbid7n
— John Scattergood (@jwscattergood) March 4, 2018
“To see things like this is heartbreaking,” Bex Lynam, of the marine conservation charity Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, told BuzzFeed News.
#BeastFromTheEast meets marine wildlife ? pic.twitter.com/KKrAojIKfn
— Bex Lynam (@rebeccalynam18) March 4, 2018
Almost all marine animals were dead, except some of the lobsters. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s team worked alongside local fishermen to rescue the surviving lobsters, collecting them in buckets and taking them to tanks in Bridlington hoping to put them back in the sea when the weather improves.
Source: Rodney Forster / Via Twitter: @rodney_forster
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