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Thousands of dead crabs have washed up along the Kent coast – the latest in a series of bizarre animal deaths sweeping the world.

More than 40,000 Devil crabs – also known as Velvet swimming crabs – were found strewn along beaches in Thanet along with dead starfish, lobsters, sponges and anemones.

Experts believe the crabs died from hypothermia after the UK’s coldest Deecember in 120 years.

The crab deaths are the latest in a series of mass animal deaths all around the world.

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In Florida thousands of dead fish have been found floating in a creek, while in Texas 200 American Coots were discovered dead on a bridge in Tyler.

In Wilson County, Tennessee, 100 blackbirds dropped dead from the sky and in New Zealand, hundreds of Red Snapper fish washed up dead.

Brazil scientists have also been left baffled after 100 tons of sardines, catfish and croaker washed up dead near Parangua.

Bookies Paddy Power are even taking bets on which country will next fall foul of the global phenomonen ‘Aflockalypse’, which has left people puzzled and some even fearing it’s the end of the world.

The UK has been installed as the bookies 2/1 favourite to report the next unexplained mass bird death with Ireland the 4/1 second favourite.


Read more: The Mirror

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[Smithy]

It's the end of the world

ahhhhhhhh

[Scarlett.]

WAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? !?!?
;-;

issnotfare

*curls up in the corner and is kicked by a giant crab*

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Chewy

Experts believe the crabs died from hypothermia after the UK’s coldest December in 120 years.

you got me worried

[Vicky.]

This is getting very very creepy.

[Barbie]

im sure this sort of thing happens all the time, well the washing up on the shore bit but so many in such a short space of time? and all in the media?

[Patrick]

...Now this is getting abit out of hand.

And the fact no one is reporting on it.. it's abit suspicious.

[Jordan.]

I want it to carry on its scary and exciting at the same time.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

[Barbie]

just watched it on BBC news and they said the crabs one this is the third year running it has happened.

[Novo]

There is nothing scary about it, it has happened before ( Crabs, birds and fish )