Half a million mussels 'cooked alive' in warming New Zealand ocean

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WELLINGTON, (AFP) - Up to half a million mussels were effectively cooked in the wild in unusually balmy waters on the New Zealand coast in a massive 'die-off' that marine experts have linked to climate change.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WELLINGTON, - Up to half a million mussels were effectively cooked in the wild in unusually balmy waters on the New Zealand coast in a massive"die-off" that marine experts have linked to climate change.

Footage posted to social media shows a stunned Mr Ferguson wading through rockpools choked almost knee-deep with mussel shells remarking"they're all dead... there's nothing left". "The common denominators seem to be really hot conditions with lots of sunlight and unusually calm waters for an extended period," he said.

"Mussels are hardy little animals - you think about when they're harvested they survive in the supermarket with just a little water on them.

 

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