Swarms of fish form off coast
墨西哥海灘現巨量魚群

The shores of Mexican resort Acapulco's beaches were this weekend teeming with masses of fish packed so tightly that they looked like an oil slick from above, the Daily Mail of London reported. Delighted fishermen rushed out in wooden boats, abandoning their rods and nets and simply scooping the fish up with buckets. The fishermen attributed the strange phenomenon to the unusual currents unleashed by the tsunami that followed the earthquake in Japan. Experts said they couldn't be sure. "Tsunamis can change local currents, but it's hard to make a firm connection," said Rich Briggs, a geologist with the US Geological Survey.(See photo)

據英國《每日郵報》報道，墨西哥度假勝地阿卡普爾科海灘的沿岸本周末出現密密麻麻的魚群，從上面看去就像有大面積漏油浮在海面。興奮的漁夫匆匆把木船劃向魚群，丟掉魚竿和漁網，改以水桶撈魚。漁民認為，這項奇觀是日本地震引發海嘯釋放的異常水流造成的。不過，專家無法證實這一點。美國地質調查局的地質學家里奇·布里格斯表示："海嘯是會改變水流，但是很難確定這兩件事有關聯。"(見圖)