http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=us/2011/01/03/dnt.ar.bird.fish.deaths.katv

thedailywhat:

Another Unfortunate Incident of the Day: Some 100,000 lifeless drum fish were spotted floating in the Arkansas River near Ozark, Arkansas, some 125 miles west of Beebe, where over 5,000 blackbirds suddenly dropped dead on New Year’s Eve.

Keith Stephens of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says disease is the likely culprit, but admitted the fish kill size was unusual. Investigators were quick to note that there was no connection between the two incidents, but they’re clearly trying to hush something up.

[cnn.]