Mystery over thousands of dead herring in Norway

Tens of thousands of dead herring have carpeted a stretch of coast in northern Norway – and then disappeared again.

Mystery over thousands of dead herring in Norway

Tens of thousands of dead herring have carpeted a stretch of coast in northern Norway – and then disappeared again.

The fish appeared on New Year’s Eve, leading to speculation that predators might have driven a huge school ashore or the fish could have been washed on to the beach by a powerful storm that hit Norway on Christmas Day.

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