What caused these fish to die?
About a hundred bass were spotted floating in the canal.
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| Low dissolved oxygen levels associated with springtime warming of the canal water caused these bass to die |
By the time we arrived it stank and buzzards were on the scene.
At first puzzling was the many gar swimming below.
But that ended up being the ultimate clue:
Gar can surface and gulp air.
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| The same water was no problem for the gar: They can gulp air. |
Bass can’t.
Why they died in only a short half mile stretch of canal and nowhere else is the next mystery.
