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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Massive Number of Lobsters Crawl out of Sea




It is the invasion of aliens ... or maybe not.

Around half a ton of rock lobsters have crawled out of the sea at Elands Bay, north of Cape Town, Eyewitness News reported on Saturday.

They crawled out due to a drop in oxygen levels, Western Cape fisheries department spokesperson Lionel Adendorf was quoted as saying.

It was unknown whether they came out on Friday or Saturday.

Adendorf said authorities were collecting the surviving lobsters and placing them in unaffected waters.

The report said that the drop in oxygen levels had been caused by an 'algal bloom' which stretched around 80km along the west coast.

Adendorf said the algal bloom or red tide was a natural phenomenon that was likely to stay until May.

Source: SAPA via News24

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