A video showing millions of fish, mistakenly believed to be from Lake Singkarak in Indonesia, emerged on social media. The video actually depicts a sardine beaching event in Barangay Tinoto, Maasim, Sarangani province, Philippines. Residents embraced the natural phenomenon, collecting hundreds of kilograms of sardines. Local authorities confirmed that such marine events are common in coastal areas like Sarangani.
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.A video shows millions of bilih fish emerging from Lake Singkarak in West Sumatra, Indonesia , allowing people to catch them by hand.The claim gained 894 likes, 266 comments, and 534 shares on social media platforms such as Threads, where Indonesia n users shared the video with the suggestion that it depicted a natural phenomenon in Lake Singkarak..
A similar post was also shared on Facebook. The uploader, based in Padang City, West Sumatra, provided the following information:The same video was used in another post claiming that the incident took place in a different region of Indonesia, with the following caption: “The incident depicted in the video did not occur at Indonesia’s Lake Singkarak, but on the shorelines of a Philippine beach resort in Barangay Tinoto, Maasim, Sarangani province.
The PNA report cited Cirilo Lagnason Jr., a researcher from the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Soccsksargen Region, who said the mass appearance of sardines was due to “upwelling,” a process in which nutrient-rich water is pushed towards the ocean surface, attracting juvenile fish to shallower areas.
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