全球频现动物集体死亡 惹来2012遐想

　8000 turtle doves dead as global phenomenon shows no sign of abating

　　全球动物死亡事件继续升级：意大利再现8000只斑鸠集体死亡。

　　Thousands of gizzard shad fish have been washed up on Chicago's harbours while more than 100 dead

　　birds have been found clustered on a California highway.

　　成千上万条死亡的鲱鱼被海浪冲到了芝加哥港湾，而在加利福利亚洲的高速公路旁，有人发现了超过100只鸟类“横尸遍野”的惨象。

　　The two instances appear to be a continuation of the strange mass animal deaths that have struck in the past fortnight - in America and elsewhere.

　　而以上的这两个例子只是近半个月来全球各地纷纷出现了令人不解的大规模动物死亡事件中的一部分而已。

　　However Lake Michigan Program biologist Dan Makauskas said that gizzard shad are not a very tough variety of fish and are more sensitive to drops in oxygen levels than most fish.

　　而来自密歇根湖的生物学家，丹-马考斯卡斯表示，造成这一令人费解的现象的原因可能是，某些鱼类对于水中氧含量的降低非常敏感，因不适应而造成了“缺氧死亡”。