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Old 01-11-2007, 04:20 PM   #8
Wombat
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Canberra
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Originally Posted by lumberjim View Post
how does an animal asphyxiate under an open sky?
They climbed up on top of each other, possibly several layers deep. The ones at the bottom couldn't breathe because of the weight of the others on top crushing down on them.

96 people died the same way at the Hillsborough football disaster in 1989 at Sheffield, England.
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