The long and hot summer taking place across the United States not only is hurting people and crops, but also animals. The most recent example of how heat kills comes from Nebraska, as a local ABC station is reporting that thousands of fish are turning up dead as rivers are drying up and heating up.. Some of those rivers have heated to as high as 100 degrees.
WRIC reports that 40,000 sturgeon were killed last week. So many fish died in one lake, the ABC station reports, that the dead fish clogged an intake screen at a power plant.
The world is watching the drying American bread basket as well. The UK DAILY MAIL is reporting about the death of fish, saying the heat wave 'dooms' millions of fish..
Power supplies are low, streams are near boil, but it can't last forever.
Can it?
