By Phil Vinter
Tens of thousands of fish and seagulls have washed up dead on the shores of one of the world's biggest lakes and scientists are at a loss to explain why.
The lifeless bodies of the freshwater fish and seagulls were discovered spread along a 25-mile stretch of Canadian shoreline by Lake Eerie which stretches between Canada and the U.S.
The rotting corpses gave off a stench which locals described as unbearable at times.
Experts from the Ontario Ministries of the Environment in Canada are now conducting tests to try and identify the cause of the mass kill-off.
Samples of the fish carcasses were sent to labs for analysis where scientists are looking for pH levels changes and any evidence of algae saturation.
It is not yet clear whether the birds died as a result of eating the dead fish, or whether there was some other cause.
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Tens of thousands of fish and seagulls have washed up dead on the shores of one of the world's biggest lakes and scientists are at a loss to explain why.
The lifeless bodies of the freshwater fish and seagulls were discovered spread along a 25-mile stretch of Canadian shoreline by Lake Eerie which stretches between Canada and the U.S.
The rotting corpses gave off a stench which locals described as unbearable at times.
Tens of thousands of fish and seagulls have washed up dead on the shores of one of the world's biggest lakes and scientists are at a loss to explain why (file pic)
Samples of the fish carcasses were sent to labs for analysis where scientists are looking for pH levels changes and any evidence of algae saturation.
It is not yet clear whether the birds died as a result of eating the dead fish, or whether there was some other cause.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2199471/Scientists-baffled-thousands-dead-fish-wash-shore-Lake-Erie.html#ixzz25kqvDiVl