In May 1990, an unprecedented ecological catastrophe occurred in the White Sea - the death of fish and other marine animals. Thousands of dead starfish and crabs were washed ashore.
In the area of the village of Syuzma, they lay in 2-3 layers for 15 kilometers. A little later, about two dozen dead seals were thrown onto the sandy beach of Yagry Island in Severodvinsk. These are seals and gray seals - baby harp seals. They were found after the storm by local residents. The schoolchildren picked up several starfish and crabs and handed them over to the Severodvinsk and Arkhangelsk ecologists for study.
Biologists could not explain the reasons for the mass death of marine life, but noted that the catastrophe of 1990 resembles the White Sea events 14 years ago. Then, in 1976, about 6 million stars, a large number of crabs and mussels, dozens of seals, seals and belugas were thrown ashore. Scientists were able to establish that the animals died as a result of short-term exposure to a strong toxic substance. But neither the substance itself, nor its source, nor the culprit of the disaster were named.
Among the most likely versions of the death of marine inhabitants, the newspapers called poisoning by components of rocket fuel, as well as the impact of radioactive waste or chemical weapons that were buried in the White Sea in the 50s.
But the Russian media were quick to blame the incident on the military, who dropped poisonous substances into the water. The reason for the death of sea animals was, perhaps, more terrible. Scientists of the St. Petersburg Hydrometeorological Institute and an independent examination of biologists of the Kola branch of the Academy of Sciences made an unambiguous conclusion: the animals were affected not by toxic substances created by humans, but by biological poison.
And then biologists recalled the incident that happened in 1953 with the French scuba diver Henri Astor, who tested new deep-sea equipment in the South Pacific. During the next dive into the waters of the Gulf of Thailand, Astor and his partner were in a special protective cage. Suddenly, at a depth of 80 meters, the scuba divers noticed a huge brown shapeless mass rising from below towards a large school. When she approached the accumulation of fish, they first froze, and then, turning on their side, began to slowly sink into the brown mass.
It was at this time that the echo sounder, which was continuously working on the vessel from which the scuba divers had just descended, recorded the appearance of a "false bottom" at a depth of 80 m. As-tor's partner became interested in the strange behavior of fish and decided to swim closer to the brown mass. Fifteen minutes later, he did not return, and Astor gave the alarm. When the rescuers arrived, the "brown mass" had already sunk to a depth, and the second scuba diver disappeared without a trace. After the death of his partner, Henri Astor made several deep dives in the same place. The French never met the brown masses, but he also soon died under mysterious circumstances.
A similar case happened in the early 90s of the last century with an Australian scuba diver. Once, when he slowly plunged into the depths of the sea near the Great Australian Reef, he suddenly noticed a 4-meter shark that relentlessly followed him. The scuba diver sank onto an underwater ledge, under which a bottomless black abyss stretched. Suddenly the water suddenly became colder. And then the man noticed that a strange brown mass was slowly rising from the depths. She emerged very slowly. When the light fell on the ground, it became clear that it was about the size of a decent football field, with a shaggy fringe hanging from its edges. Although the masses had no eyes or limbs visible, the man felt that he was dealing with someone alive. It got quite cold. And then the shark at first froze motionless, then shuddered and limply plunged into the brown mass. A few moments passed and the brown mass began to descend. As soon as she disappeared into the darkness, the water became warmer again.
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Two years have passed, and off the coast of the United States and Canada, in the Sea of Japan, in the Gulf of Mexico and in other water areas, there have also been massive deaths of fish and marine animals. Public environmental organizations, as in Russia, raised a fuss, but this time around American sailors. In several countries, scientists have conducted an objective analysis of cases of mass deaths of marine animals and came to the same unexpected conclusion. The monsters that kill sea inhabitants, which have such a devastating effect on the animal world of the seas, appeared as a result of an unintended man-made impact on the biosphere of the planet.
American scientists were even able to "figure out" who their "progenitor" is. It turned out to be a dinoflagellate seaweed. Why she became a predator is unknown. Most of the time, this alga is no different from other aquatic plants. Like any marine plant, it accumulates the energy of the sun and chemicals dissolved in water. But then the moment comes, and by some mysterious signal, microscopic algae gather together, forming a giant predatory monster that feeds not only on small fish, but also on large sharks. Upon encountering a school of fish, this monster releases a potent toxin that kills incredible amounts of prey in a matter of seconds. Then this creature envelops it with digestive juice and gradually digests it.