First rescued sawfish dies, scientists continue to investigate mysterious deaths, behavior

There was heartbreak at the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota after the first rescued smalltooth sawfish from the Florida Keys had to be humanely euthanized on Thursday.

[@CesarHernandez-ht5ex]

We are eliminating our own existence, we are not helping our earth.

[@Twizington]

How’s that?

[@koerttijdens1234]

Fish should be vaxxed.

[@yourlocaltwink4551]

@@Twizington Global warming, destroying the environment around us, living extremely wasteful and in sustainable lifestyles. If everyone lived like developed nations we would need 3 earths to sustain it.

[@bernie6485]

Yall should of stayed in Europe you people from 1492 Europe ruined the world

[@edgehabitat]

"Fish and whales are dying all over. Scientists aren’t sure why. We need to look into the causes that industry may not want us to look at. Toxic pollution, fertilizer runoff, coastal development, offshore wind farms, naval sonar." Robert F Kennedy Jr.

[@saraglickman5889]

That is so sad, i can't believe these things are happening to our wildlife. We're destroying our world.

[@Praetoreon]

For those who actually care, Trump’s EPA greenlit Florida’s proposal to take over the permitting process when developers want to build on sensitive marshes, cypress forests, ponds and other wetlands. The federal government has managed this process for decades. Florida’s program lacks many equivalent parts of the federal process, such as adequate enforcement authority and public participation opportunities. The Trump EPA’s hasty review overlooked glaring deficiencies in Florida’s ability to implement environmental protections. The state has consistently rubber-stamped massive wetland destruction and has let industry lobbyists write environmental rules to make them weaker. So don’t act confused as to how your “treasure” is being trashed. The people you voted for sold it to the highest bidder…

[@jul.escobar]

Facts. They sell more every day.

[@BiggestHater754]

Truth

[@loganknapp8905]

You mean Biden. Since he us your president.

[@eleazarabrego4596]

I’m actually part of a local environment clean up initiative. . . What do you do besides post comments brotha?

[@scottsobon9256]

Oh, the bad orange man did it

[@harrisonhanson2998]

Might have something to do w the idiots dumping their trash into the ocean 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@hallcody3]

I think the sawfish are being poisoned by all the chemicals being released from Lake Okeechobee and the sugar plantation monopoly that gets special treatment there. Also the sewage leaks around Miami and Ft. Lauderdale doesn’t help either.

[@jennifershanks453]

Heartbreaking. We need harsher regulations.

[@saraglickman5889]

This is heart breaking! So sad to see our world getting poisoned right in front of our eyes.

[@saraglickman5889]

It's very obvious these people care immensely! These are true heroes, doing the hard work and sounding the alarm. I'm wondering why they euthanized the sawfish. Wouldn't it have made more sense to let it die naturally? Miracles happen and very sick animals and people can pull through. It must have really been in bad shape 😭

[@jamiegallier2106]

Are you kidding? They specifically said it was dying, its health reached a stage it could not recover from, euthanasia is a kindness sparing it from a prolonged slow, painful and possibly stressful death. Miracles don’t happen, just because an initial severe prognosis can sometimes turn around doesn’t make it a miracle- it just makes it a rare occurrence.

[@koolone3791]

They need to keep people off the water. Too many people on the water littering and not taking care of the environment.

[@susan7204]

This is horrible! How do they know it's not sonar that the military did for testing in the water? 🤔

[@Praetoreon]

Because sonar happens in one location over short periods of time; usually where nuclear submarines have been running training exercises. This is happening from the shark river outlet on the west coast, all the way down the keys, and up the eastern coastline, and it has been happening for over a month… it’s not sonar… 🙄

[@votpavel]

this extreme ocean warming has to do with it

[@linx7130]

sonar has been blasting the ocean for decades if it was from sonar we would've already known by now.....

[@WowUrFcknHxC]

Because cormorants aren't affected by sonar since they are birds

[@emcee2603]

I’m sure they know all ramifications! Question is do they give a fuk! But we know the answer to that!

[@sudilos1172]

So what we need is a controlled body of water to act as a filter for the nitrogen before water is released down. Nitrogen has to have a use somewhere.

[@lukebogacik2793]

Thank you for trying,,, 🙏🏻

[@AFloridaSon]

That's a bummer. I really thought they were on to something.

[@MaxPleaseBeAGoodBoi]

So if this is spreading to other species, How do we know if it can spread to humans? How much commercial fishing is done down there?

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

If everything from,birds to rock crabs are being affected by it then you can be almost certain it can attack humans. I would not go in the water.

[@MaxPleaseBeAGoodBoi]

If Sawfish are predominantly affected. WHAT IS THEIR PRIMARY FOOD SOURCE? *Always follow the money (Food) to find the problem!!*

[@saraglickman5889]

I think the marine biologists already know that....

[@jonibarger3147]

Ask Bill Gates

[@lorij3786]

@@jonibarger3147W.ef

[@loganknapp8905]

It's all downhill from here.

[@MissMarshall]

This is very alarming!

[@Watcher1852]

We are eliminating our own existence

[@bsfishing7073]

Okay they are claiming they don’t know what is causing it come on and tell us what happening stop lieing to fisherman

[@repurposedart9897]

What are the dangers of people eating fish from these waters???

[@DeeRisingPhoenix]

It’s the new military bases in Cuba that China built

[@PapaSchlumpf78]

Yes, our decades-long greed for profit through poisons is slowly taking revenge!

[@virgilpalmer2427]

It's big business.. It's always big business.....

[@minnesota6125]

My friend that lives in Florida be poisoning them

[@zoemayne]

The rich gotta have their grass green

[@travismadison6552]

THIS IS WHAT HAPPEN YOU ALLOW CRUISE SHIPS TO DOCK A SUCH A SMALL ISLAND. They scraped up the bottom of the ocean to make it deep enough for those ships. The differecne between the beaches in 2022 and 2023 we're drastic. You couldn't go to the beach b/c there was so much seaweed, it smelled and it was COVERED in seaweed. They have murdered the Keys.

[@YouUceireTube]

Very sad

[@jonathanpeterson1984]

This sucks man. we’re are gonna destroy this planet… I honestly don’t think we should even be here.

[@lh3540]

Pretty sure you can't dump sewage in aquariums.

[@LoveGodLovePeople1987]

probably the amount of cocaine in the waters

[@VeeAmericanEagle]

😢

[@yiowatho1839]

Meanwhile people from Florida are enjoying life without a care

[@TaShaBeNz85]

the temperature of the water is shifting due to pollution…

[@scottsobon9256]

Is it? How do you know that?

[@erybodyknows]

Globally there are many areas that have higher nitrogen levels and the fish don't act like this

[@keefsmiff]

Has anyone linked this to the current unexplained mass Pelican deaths? I wonder , seems plausable

[@UpStreamLivn]

It's pathetic,that in KY,they don't report this,in my town. What are they scared of,i ask myself? Truth, other than a dictator?

[@jul.escobar]

They are reducing info shared on purpose. Ignorance is bliss and that's how they want us.

[@guyjohnson3775]

🙏🏻

[@Paul-oh4fe]

Population growth and human waste causing this. Great job, lawmakers.

[@jdh23h]

They did drill inject the crap from Piney point catastrophe , maybe it’s something to do with that ?

[@gator_crunch]

If that were the case then we would be seeing almost the same thing here in Tampa Bay.

[@eveningstarwall7909]

Has anyone considered that these animals might be dying due to the Army testing sonar or something because I know in the past when people have tested sonar it can sometimes make whales Beach them selves.

[@carlgrimes2512]

You voted for runaway deregulation. Now deal with it.

[@emcee2603]

Well why not it pass on its own time!?

[@paulpierce9249]

Big sugars pollution and municipal waste.

[@taberengler277]

Hey the last time i went to the beach i sawfish.

[@kaugustson]

Chem Trails have killed thousands of trees in the north west and in the mountains in N.C. Thousands of sea life have been found by fishermen in Alaska and other places! Please investigate this.

[@carlgrimes2512]

It's amazing that you have to find a conspiracy instead of acknowledging that the deregulation you voted for is the problem. "They're dumping chemicals on us! But thank God a billionaire got a tax cut!"

[@minnesota6125]

Probably all that coke being pushed from South America

[@TheMightyN]

I blame the Japanese.

[@Maybe1Someday]

Its neuro

[@dantwaites7097]

Chemical runoff

[@AIartBonaza]

Fertilizer Farm run off

[@calgrow7413]

Its probly china

[@tonyhaslam186]

If they killed it, or even died because of captivity, it’s not rescued.

[@jenburkholder6541]

There is a parasite called Myxobolus cerebralis that infects salmonoid fish that causes neurological symptoms such as this, perhaps it's not this particular one, but something similar.

[@shawnsanders2182]

Meanwhile the Army corp is discharging water from lake okeechobee right into the same location. I just returned from key west and not one dead fish was found and the tarpon fishing was incredible

[@damionrichter]

first EFFECTS OF THE HYDRONIIUM THANKS JAPAN

[@votpavel]

whats hydronium ?

[@damionrichter]

@@votpavel titrated water from fukishima

[@kylewarren5268]

Thats the problem with us being humans is we cant ralk to things like fish and ask whats bothering them. That simple question would resolve a loooooot of issues

[@JonathonMitchell-ig4bv]

So they stay of the American Civil War ii