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please note date - January 15, 2011
Jinan suburb of a large number of experts said the Department of magpies died suddenly due to eating toxic (Figure)
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Photos taken by Reporter edition □ Wang Feng Hua Sun reporter
Magpies body hanging from a tree on some, and some scattered on the beach, some frozen in the ice along the river bank ... ... reporters walked for about 1.5 km, with an average every forty-five meters have a dead magpie.
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Yesterday, the reporter visited the Yellow River beach in the field and interviewed Qilu College of Life Science, professor of zoology at Ma Jinsheng.
Why a large number of deaths is not an infectious disease died in the bitter cold winter, why why not a large number of dead sparrows, etc.
[Site visit] magpie carcasses all over the shore
Around 11 am yesterday, the reporter went to the village Huaiyin District, Wu Jiabao cotton sheets.
。 North of the village is the Yellow River, the shore is a large forest.
"In the past came by, groups of magpies 'Cha cha' whining, but now deserted, and only a few sparrows fly." The very fact that in the neighborhood, told reporters, "because where the magpie and more generations both as a regional treasure this film, you can now see a large number of dead magpies, so we had some anxiety. "
Reporter walking the woods along the shore, you can see almost every one or two forty-five m magpie body.
Some bodies have been freeze-dried magpie; some magpie body has not completely frozen through, feels soft, and should just die soon; some magpie bodies fall apart, that seemed swallowed by other animals, leaving only a little debris and feather ... ...
In addition to a large number of dead magpies, the reporters also found two Yellow crowned night heron on the beach body, already dry.
[Residents questioned] the cause of death for that?
Chen told reporters nearby residents, due to cold weather, few people now come to the shore of the Yellow River.
Interview, the reporter learned that the cause of death for the Magpies bulk of the local residents and tourists to the shore of the Yellow River there are several claims.
Disease wrote: magpie is not to be infected with a virus, such as the avian flu virus that killed a large area.
The virus will not continue to spread and affect other birds and even humans and animals? More near the fish ponds, will impact on the farming of fish?
Magpie is not because the food did not place, or difficult to resist low temperatures, so that Donge died?
Poisoning, said: Yellow beach there are many wheat fields, farmers use of pesticides, chemical fertilizers, will not be near the water or food contamination, resulting in dead magpie flocks?
Manslaughter, said: Yellow beach in groups of ducks often appear in the beach grass was always under the bait drugs to kill wild ducks, and then sold to restaurants or their own consumption.
The Magpies will not eat the bait, be manslaughter?
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Ma Jinsheng conducted an autopsy on the dead magpie, found in their crop a lot of garbage and corn kernels.
。 For all questioned the existence, Ma Jinsheng eleven be explained.
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please note date - January 15, 2011
Jinan suburb of a large number of experts said the Department of magpies died suddenly due to eating toxic (Figure)
January 15th, 2011 , Jinan Times 0 [FONT=楷][/FONT]
[FONT=楷]Figure I: the dead lying in the cold of the Yellow River beach magpie[/FONT][FONT=楷]
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Mass mortality of Jinan Yellow River MagpiePhotos taken by Reporter edition □ Wang Feng Hua Sun reporter
Magpies name, wedding to.
However, the past few days the shore of the Yellow River have died Huaiyin District magpie Wu Jiabao, gave the cast a shadow over the hearts of nearby residents.
"Never seen so many dead magpie groups, too Shen people, and what causes it?" Uneasy at the same time, nearby residents have the question: Will the spread of infectious disease in birds?
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Looking around, the forest canopy above the irregular distribution of many magpies nest.
In addition, the surrounding is also dotted with large and small ponds, some local residents are still in the open field, beach, planted wheat.
Whether the impact?
"Yesterday I heard of the Yellow River due to rising water, wheat fields nearby residents of view only when a large number of dead magpie found in the scene. Magpie who died did not have any injury, when I carefully observed the one, the mouth still spits out foam . "
Dong E, said: Recently, there has been "2011 Millennium arctic," saying that the recent frequent cold air strikes, continued low temperatures for a long time, urban areas are not over 13 days the maximum temperature 4 ℃, lower the temperature of the Yellow River bank , for a long time below 0 ℃, all frozen section of the Yellow River in Jinan.Magpie is not because the food did not place, or difficult to resist low temperatures, so that Donge died?
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Ma Jinsheng conducted an autopsy on the dead magpie, found in their crop a lot of garbage and corn kernels.
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His analysis, the large number of deaths magpie, the basic can confirm is a result of eating poisonous food caused some, such as some toxic pesticides or rat poison thrown away into the wild, such as pollution of the wheat seedling, magpies died after eating wheat seedling; or Some people hunt ducks and other animals under the bait, magpies eat bait. 。
Is not an infectious disease?
- Avian flu has been ruled out冬
Winter outbreaks of avian influenza is not a season, In addition, the avian flu generally occurs in chickens, ducks and other animals, the Magpies will not be infected.
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