Mexico: Experts Reveal 3 Theories on Mysterious Massive Bird Crash, Deaths in Viral Video

Several experts theorized that caused hundreds of birds that were seen dropping dead into the ground in Mexico, an abrupt scene turned the heads of people all over the internet.

It can be recalled that a security camera recorded the phenomena that occurred last week, showing birds hitting the pavement in Chihuahua, about 230 miles south of El Paso, Texas, per NBC News.

Because of this, experts came up with 3 theories that might be the reason behind the abrupt and unusual incident.

Theories Experts Came Up With After Mexico Bird Crash 2022

Although the theories might explain why the birds dropped down dead in Mexico, assistant professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis, Carlos Botero, said that the theories experts came up with as of date are "honestly anybody's guess at this point," CNN News reported.

According to Botero, one of the possible reasons why the birds dropped down dead last week was because they might have flown through a cloud of lethal chemicals that might have claimed their lives. Autopsies of the birds are needed to determine if chemicals are the culprit for their death.

However, Manchester Metropolitan University lecturer, Alexander Lees, disagreed with Botero's first theory.

"There always seem to be a knee-jerk response to blame environmental pollutants, but collisions with infrastructure are very common," Less said, via New York Post.

Lees further explained that birds usually follow the movements of the one in front of them rather than "actually interpreting their wider surrounding," that is why it is not unexpected that such events occur.

Another theory that might be the possible reason behind the death of the birds, is that they are flying away from a predator.

U.K. Center Ornithologist Richard Broughton said that the was certain that the maneuver the birds did was to avoid a predator like the peregrine falcon.

"Blackbirds form tight flocks, called 'murmuration,' that swirl into the sky to try and confuse the falcon so it cannot pick a target," Broughton underscored.

Lees agreed with what Broughton said, highlighting that the birds engaged in "murmuration" to "avoid a predatory raptor and hitting the ground."

Broughton then explained that the viewers of the video last week likely saw the birds try to escape the predator from above and the birds headed down the ground to avoid it. However, the expert noted that some might have not been able to pull up fast enough.

Other Instances of Bird Deaths

The theories from the experts came after a video showed that yellow-headed blackbirds dropped from the sky as they make their way south from Canada whether they spent their winter.

However, it was not the first time that birds were recorded dead in groups.

In 1999, about 110 kin eider, a type of large sea duck, were found dead on Baffin Island in Canada. Although there were no obstacles in their way, experts theorized that the said species f birds crashed due to poor visibility caused by cataracts in their eyes.

In 1985 and 2003, dozens of geese were found dead in Manitoba, Canada. Scientists thought the birds were poisoned but serious injuries they sustained hinted that might have been disoriented during moonless nights.

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Written By: Joshua Summers

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