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Little Star

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Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:56 PM Jan 2012

Norwegian beach briefly carpeted with dead herring

Boston Globe
Jan 3, 2012

snip~

OSLO, Norway—Tens of thousands of dead herring have carpeted a stretch of coast in northern Norway -- and then disappeared again.

The fish appeared on New Year's Eve, leading to speculation that predators might have driven a huge school ashore or the fish could have been washed onto the beach by a powerful storm that hit Norway on Christmas Day.

~snip

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/01/03/norwegian_beach_briefly_carpeted_with_dead_herring/


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Norwegian beach briefly carpeted with dead herring (Original Post) Little Star Jan 2012 OP
Sounds like rrneck Jan 2012 #1
Do you mean a red herring? Little Tich Jan 2012 #2
Yes, I meant to make that association. rrneck Jan 2012 #3
No worries, mate. Still, there's something fishy going on in Norway. Little Tich Jan 2012 #4
Ha! nt ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #5
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