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RegularJam

(914 posts) Fri May 28, 2021, 08:06 PM May 2021

12 stingrays die mysteriously at Florida zoo, investigation underway

TAMPA (WFLA) – Officials at a zoo in Tampa, Florida are investigating after 12 stingrays died this week.

ZooTampa at Lowry Park announced the deaths on Facebook Thursday night.

“It’s with heavy hearts we share that today ZooTampa lost 12 residents of Stingray Bay,” the post said.

WGN TV

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12 stingrays die mysteriously at Florida zoo, investigation underway (Original Post) RegularJam May 2021 OP

Damn, sounds like some kind of contaminate in the water Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #1

I read a little bit about the last two similar instances of this. RegularJam May 2021 #2

Ferrets are Cool

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1. Damn, sounds like some kind of contaminate in the water

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Fri May 28, 2021, 08:38 PM

May 2021

RegularJam

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2. I read a little bit about the last two similar instances of this.

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Fri May 28, 2021, 08:51 PM

May 2021

In one there was a loss of oxygen in the water and the other there it was a temperature increase.

I’d think there would be early warning sensors for both. The oxygen one gets me a bit. The surface area of the water in a shallow pool should be enough to maintain high enough oxygen levels for them to live. The article I read didn’t say what caused the drop in oxygen.

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