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Thousands of dead sparrows around the offices of the Department of public works and Spatial (PUPR) Karangasem, Bali. Bird carcasses were scattered under trees. It was the first time the event is known by gardeners Dinas PUPR Karangasem, Amin Al-Basri (54), at 05:00:00.
Researcher of ecology and Systematics of birds Indonesia (Institute of Sciences LIPI) Mohammad Irham said, mass deaths of wild birds is a rare event. In the last 10 years, a phenomenon that happens on water birds in China caused by the bird flu.
Then, in the case of an increase in volcanic activity, the causes of death could occur because of the increase in temperature. Birds will die because of drinking hot water.
However, in the case of the death of sparrows in Karangasem, Irham suspect that the cause of death was poison gas emitted by Mount Agung with status “Beware”.
“Like sulfur and methane. It could also be another gas. At a time when the mountain erupted want toxic gases rise. Its spread is wider than usual so that effect conferring on the birds there, “Irham said when contacted Kompas.com, Tuesday (26/9/2017).
Irham explains, basically birds faster switching compared to mammals such as deer. Though capable of sprinting, the expanse of toxic gases inhaled can remain. If there is an increase in aktivias volcano, a bird that lives in the canopy of forests at altitudes of 2,000-2,500 meters will be flying low approaches the surface.
The events experienced by straight while Irham conducted a survey on Mount Slamet. In 2009, an increase in the activity of Mount Slamet which makes birds in the canopy over the migrated in large numbers. Sulfur smell down to an altitude of 2,000 metres.
Courtesy of sains.kompas.com
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