The millions of sardines that engulfed Kings Harbor Marina in Redondo beach tested positive for domoic acid. This is the nasty litter bugger responsible for making Red Tide so unbearable. What they don't tell us about domoic acid is that in mammals it acts as a neurotoxin, causing short-term memory loss, brain damage and, in severe cases, death.
But there was 72 Tons of dead sardines, so this must have been one hell of an algea bloom. Not to mention that domoic acid is usually found in sardines because they feed on phytoplankton which produces... domoic acid.
So is this just another stall tactic by the scientists? I don't know, I guess time will tell. At least they didn't tell us it was fireworks.
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