http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/916503--40-000-crabs-join-slew-of-animal-death-mysteries Now that is something you don't hear about every day. Update: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344913/Animal-death-mystery-8k-turtle-doves-fall-dead-Italy-blue-stain-beaks.html More fish and birds die en mass.