Swarms of fish form off coast
墨西哥海滩现巨量鱼群

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)

据英国《每日邮报》报道，墨西哥度假胜地阿卡普尔科海滩的沿岸本周末出现密密麻麻的鱼群，从上面看去就像有大面积漏油浮在海面。兴奋的渔夫匆匆把木船划向鱼群，丢掉鱼竿和渔网，改以水桶捞鱼。渔民认为，这项奇观是日本地震引发海啸释放的异常水流造成的。不过，专家无法证实这一点。美国地质调查局的地质学家里奇·布里格斯表示："海啸是会改变水流，但是很难确定这两件事有关联。"(见图)