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04-01-2016, 10:44 AM
Giant sinkhole appears overnight, swallows 25 tonnes of fish
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A Chinese farmer from Baisha town in Guangxi, China, awoke to a shock on Tuesday, when he discovered that tens of thousands of his fish had disappeared overnight.
SEE ALSO: Visitors are killing koi in a Chinese pond by flinging cash into it (http://mashable.com/2016/03/29/china-tourists-pollute-pond/)
According to local media reports, the helpless farmer identified only by his surname Yang, had attributed the loss to a sinkhole (http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/0331/c90000-9038333-2.html)that opened up in a pond.
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A view of the giant pit at a quarry which is suspected to be a main cause of the drawdown in neighboring fish ponds in Baisha town.
Image: HAI OU/IMAGINECHINA/AP
"I first **ticed that the water levels in my pond had dropped at 4 a.m. one morning while I was inspecting my farm," Yang told reporters. "At 9 a.m., most of the water and all of my fish had gone, drained into the sinkhole." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/china-sinkhole-swallows-fish/)
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A Chinese farmer from Baisha town in Guangxi, China, awoke to a shock on Tuesday, when he discovered that tens of thousands of his fish had disappeared overnight.
SEE ALSO: Visitors are killing koi in a Chinese pond by flinging cash into it (http://mashable.com/2016/03/29/china-tourists-pollute-pond/)
According to local media reports, the helpless farmer identified only by his surname Yang, had attributed the loss to a sinkhole (http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/0331/c90000-9038333-2.html)that opened up in a pond.
http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzAxL2NhL0FQXzI4MjI1NzQwLjQ3OTIxLmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg/0006f7db/3b7/AP_282257403767.jpg
A view of the giant pit at a quarry which is suspected to be a main cause of the drawdown in neighboring fish ponds in Baisha town.
Image: HAI OU/IMAGINECHINA/AP
"I first **ticed that the water levels in my pond had dropped at 4 a.m. one morning while I was inspecting my farm," Yang told reporters. "At 9 a.m., most of the water and all of my fish had gone, drained into the sinkhole." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/china-sinkhole-swallows-fish/)
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