Thousands of fish have washed up on a beach in Hakodate, northern Japan, for reasons that remain unknown.
The thousands of marine specimens covered the beach for more than 1.5 kilometers, reports Sky News.
Drone footage obtained by Reuters shows how numerous the fish are and completely hide the sand.
Although no official cause has been determined, Hakodate Fisheries Research Institute researcher Takashi Fujioka believes the fish may have died of exhaustion while they may have been chased by larger fish. specimens.
They would then have found themselves with too little oxygen to survive, traveling in large groups.
Mr. Fujioka adds in an interview with Sky News that the decomposition of dead fish could reduce the oxygen level in this part of the ocean and affect neighboring ecosystems.
See the footage in the video above
2023-12-10 04:09:01
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