Love Songs Of Bowhead Whales: Whales Sings With 'More Than One Voice'
2009-08-05 06:04:00 It wasn?t that many years ago that the bowhead whale was written off as extinct in the waters around Greenland and especially in Disko Bay in northwest Greenland where University of Copenhagen has... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Scotts Valley Man Gets Personal with Whales to Stop Whaling
2009-07-30 06:39:00 Scotts Valley, Calif- Committed to Whale conservation through the arts Bryant Austin of Scotts Valley travels the world taking photos of whales that no one has ever dared to take before.What makes... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Bonanza of blue whales spotted off O.C.
2009-07-30 06:14:00 Newport Beach whale-watchers say large numbers of blue whales have been seen this week off the Orange County coast. At least 28 of the massive creatures, typically 65-70 feet in length, were seen... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
New regs proposed for Puget sound killer whales
2009-07-29 06:58:00 NOAA's Fisheries Service is proposing new rules on vessel traffic aimed at further protecting Southern Resident killer whales in Washington's Puget Sound. These large marine mammals, the subject of... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
'Bycatch' Whaling A Growing Threat To Coastal Whales
2009-06-30 12:51:00 Scientists are warning that a new form of unregulated whaling has emerged along the coastlines of Japan and South Korea, where the commercial sale of whales killed as fisheries "bycatch" is... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Gulls attack whales
2009-06-25 14:20:00 BBC slideshow about gulls attacking whales and eating their blubber bite by bite in Argentina. This is threatening the whales' survival, not to mention their sanity. Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
'Bycatch' Whaling A Growing Threat To Coastal Whales
2009-06-25 13:53:00 Scientists are warning that a new form of unregulated whaling has emerged along the coastlines of Japan and South Korea, where the commercial sale of whales killed as fisheries "bycatch" is... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Whales worth more alive than dead, says new report
2009-06-25 13:52:00 Whales are worth more alive than dead, an Australian minister said Tuesday, as campaigners publicised the billion-dollar whale-watching industry on the sidelines of the IWC conference.Environment... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Scientist discovers whales may be singing their own names
2009-06-19 12:53:00 A German scientist has found whales may be doing more than serenading love interests or telling their pods where the herring is by singing: through their songs, they may actually have names."From our... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Endangered Right Whales Identified Where They Were Presumed Locally Extinct
2009-06-15 07:06:00 Using a system of underwater hydrophones that can record sounds from hundreds of miles away, a team of scientists from Oregon State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Giant cod and whales were once plentiful
2009-05-28 08:28:00 Just 200 years ago, tens of thousands of whales swam the waters around New Zealand while sharks patrolled the British coastlines, say researchers who tell of lost abundance in the world's... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Save the Whales (Again)
2009-02-22 06:47:00 (Artist credit: Brian Marshall White) It's a pretty sad world we live in when someone can bash a seal over the head repeatedly and only be fined $2,000 and be suspended from the seal hunt for one day, and yet someone who photographs or videotapes that very event, is fined $100,000 and can be sent to jail for a year. Where are the freakin' priorities here people?Canadian Justice is a Wonderful Thing - NOT Sea Shepherds season this year in intervening with the whale culling is now over and they have returned to Australia. Captain Watson is calling this season a success and you can read his outline of reasons why here: Ten Reasons that Operation Musashi Has Been a Success When the SS returned to Hobart a couple days ago, the Australian authorities were waiting with a warrant to seize all videos, photographs, global positioning records, etc from the SS. Captain Watson states that while he and his crew were treated civilly and professionally, he points out that the Australian author...
Weather Satellite Tracks Whales, Birds to Boot
2009-02-04 16:07:00 From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel: dubbed NOAA-N Prime, can do more than just keep an eye out for storms. It has a device that can turn on transmitters while soaring overhead to collect their sensor data. The transmitters can be anywhere, and it doesn't matter
Dolophins, Whales and Shrimp
2008-12-31 08:42:00 Went out Dolphin Watching this morning, and immediately saw several humpback Whales. Previous whale watching experiences were pretty much limited to the occasional spout and glimpse of a back, but today we got the full show -- blow, back, swimming around, tail up dive, all within maybe 100 yards. Very nice. Then Spinner Dolphins, a whole bay full, doing synchronized swimming for us, and leaping, and, yes, spinning. The naturalist on board (Pacific Whale Foundation tour)described spinner dolphin spins, but I didn't really believe it until I saw it with my own eyes. And I got to see a baby dolphin leap up just feet away from me -- very very cute, though I won't know if I caught it on film until I can download to the computer. Some of the dolphins swam close enough to almost touch. Astounding sight! Then, complete surprise to everyone, came into a crowd of spotted dolphins on the way back to shore, and several more humpbacks. A totally awesome morning!Lunch turned out to also be quit...
William Shatner sings to the Whales
2008-12-17 01:43:00 I can’t even put in to words how to explain that video, so I will go with letters…OMG! WTF? It is almost like even though Boston Legal is over, he took Denny Crane’s Mad Cow with. At least that is what the first song to the Whales sounded like. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fseriouslyomg.com%-2F%3Fp%3D9907'; ...
If the World is created by the Songs of Whales by Evan Palmer
2008-11-29 17:43:00 We think we know and that's usually where the problem starts. We think we know about space and time. We think we know about our own existence. We think we know about history, identity, the reasons for things, and truth and consequences."Realisticism" replaces reality. Realisticism doesn't need to know the whole truth or even most of the truth. It gets mixed in with, and mixed up with, pragmaticism. "Results" become the barometer of truth and results, as we quickly discover, are very relativistic. In the 1960s, the Milky Way was the Universe. The experts said so as did the textbooks, the newspapers and the scientists talking on the movie newsreels. This was after "E=MC2" and nuclear bombs. We knew the Universe and we described it and we taught it and it was spectacularly wrong. It is incredibly instructive to listen to old recordings of the experts as they tell us without any equivocation that the Milky Way is the Universe and describe various aspects of it including its approxima...
Whales, Sonar, and Wolves, Oh My
2008-11-12 10:42:00 (Artist credit: Christian Lassen)Is the whale ban in danger of being lifted? The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society is concerned that yes, this is very possible. They note that there are other countries outside of Japan and Norway, that appear to condone or support whaling.While they have expressed support of the Whale Wars series being currently shown on the Animal Planet and the fact that it will bring further heightened awareness globally on this unnecessary killing, they also would like people to be aware that this is a GLOBAL problem. You can find out more about WDCS's Global Marine Protected Areas Campaign and make your voices heard by signing the Global MPA Petition by visiting our website at Whales.org. If you?d like to do more to protect whales, you can adopt one at Whale Adoption.Some good news regarding the Navy Sonar testing and it's impact on marine life. Please check it out at the Huffington Post.I still don't think they're doing enough, but gotta start s...
Oceans Are 'Too Noisy' For Whales
2008-09-15 16:06:00 From BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition: Levels of noise in the world's oceans are causing serious problems for whales, dolphins and other marine mammals, a report warns. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) says undersea noise blocks animals' communication and d
Whales
2008-06-25 04:48:00 Which kind of whales are the biggest in the world? What are kind of whales? What those kind of eat?
I dream of headless whales
2008-06-23 16:44:00 Well, not really. It's just that I need to correct something I said about the survival rate of beluga whales at the Vancouver Aquarium. Also, headless people.
Submarine sonar suspected in deaths of whales washed ashore in Hokkaido
2008-06-04 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}NEMURO, Hokkaido -- Corpses of two rare Cuvier's beaked whales were washed up on the Pacific Ocean side of the Nemuro Peninsula in Hokkaido, just three weeks after another whale believed to be of the same kind was found dead in northern Hokkaido, it has been learned.The cause of death in each case remained unknown, but researchers say it is possible the whales' ears were damaged internally by active sonar from submarines, causing them to suddenly rise to the surfac ...
Hayden Panerttiere Auction For Saving The Whales
2008-05-23 02:46:00 Hayden Panerttiere Auction For Saving The Whales We all know Hayden Panettiere is all about saving the dolphins. Her very dangerous attempt to save dolphins from slaughter last year put her in life threatening danger, but she fought for what she believed in. Now the Heroes hottie is at it again, in a much safer fashion. Hayden ...
By: Right Celebrity
Nuke Gay Whales for Jesus ?08
2008-05-14 14:30:00 Peace, Love, Soul, Sex, Cheese, and Rock ‘n Roll - somehow they all come together. In this modern-day cluster of anything-goes, at any time, for any reason, it dawns on me that the ultimate purpose of our cult of culture has turned into nothing. Literally, we engage ourselves in causes, join in pointless ...
Killer whales bring the hunt onto land
2008-05-07 09:40:00 A six-ton Killer Whale, torpedoes toward the beach, its dorsal fin cutting the Patagonian sea. It launches itself onto the sand in an explosion of water and foam. Before the waters die down, the orca is shaking its immense head from side to side with a Sea Lion pup clamped between his jaws.Then the Killer Whale wriggles into position to catch a wave to carry it back out to sea.This is a rare occurrence, in which a whale seems to defy its instincts by coming onto land, risking death if it becomes stranded on the inhospitable beach.Only seven Killer Whales in the world are known to hunt this way, all of them members of a pod that patrols the coast of Patagonia's Valdes Peninsula at this time of year. It happens almost exclusively in March and April -- early autumn in the southern hemisphere -- when baby sea lions are learning to swim.One of the favorite hunting spots is at Playa Punta Norte, the northern tip of the peninsula, where a deep channel leads up to the sand, passing between...
Delays In Ruling On Endangered Right Whales Criticized
2008-05-02 16:51:00 The North Atlantic Right Whale - so named by whalers of days bygone - is the most critically endangered species on the planet with less than 350 left alive. Man hunted this spectacular animal into the brink of extinction and even though it is protected by the Endangered Species Act, is still in serious trouble. ...
Hayden Panettiere Donates Her Clothes To Help Save The Whales. Again.
2008-04-24 18:27:00 Do you ever think to yourself, ?Gosh, I wish I dressed just like Hayden Panettiere!? Well now you can. Oh, and when I say dress just like her, I mean dress JUST like her. As Ecorazzi has reported over and over again Hayden loves her some whales, and so, in her continuous fight to protect the ...
By: Ecorazzi
Hermanus - The Place To See Whales And More - Western Cape South Africa
2008-04-21 18:34:00 SeeTheGlobe.com Travel Article :: The distance from Cape Town to Hermanus is 105 kilometers. This gorgeous seaside town has a proud history dating back to the early 1800's when a man by the name of Hermanus Pieters followed a path etched into the ground by a herd of elephants. He was a teacher and shepherd he traveled south of Caledon along the elephant trail and ended up next to the sea where he discovered a fresh spring.Hermanus Pieters decided to set up camps next to a spring with fine grazing for his livestock. This beautiful setting became known as Hermanuspietersfontein. As farmers begun to hear of his success they made their journeys to this new and fertile location. The fish was plentiful and the fishermen had great successes. A church and school were built in 1886 at Hermanuspietersfontein.Rate and Review : Hermanus - The Place To See Whales And More - Western Cape South Africa
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Killer! Whales hit the beach to hunt
2008-04-17 17:19:00 Hunting on land is a rare occurrence, in which a killer whale seems to defy its instincts by leaving the sea, risking death if it becomes stranded on the inhospitable beach.
joanna newsom - walnut whales
2008-04-15 21:32:00 Joanna Newsom - Walnut WhalesEste disco esta bien curioso, porque vienen las canciones más conocidas de Joanna Newsom pero en versiones como viejitas bien sabe como jajaja.
By: Musiteka
Japanese whaling fleet will return to port after killing 551 whales
2008-04-15 08:15:00 The Government of Japan?s whaling fleet is returning to port having killed 551 or over half of its self-allotted quota this season. According to IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) 551 dead whales is 551 too many. The Institute for Cetacean Research (ICR) has posted a report from this year?s whaling season on the Japan ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Japanese whaling fleet will return to port after killing 551 whales", url: "http://www.australianwomenonli-ne.com/?p=409" });
3 whales sighted underwater by our divers today....
2008-03-26 08:09:00 Man I wish I was leading that dive. I was up on the boat and just as my divers went down a few whales went by. They (the whales, the divers had no idea what was coming) turned themselves around and passed outside of the divers as the divers hit the edge of the reef at "Hoover's" then turned around again and headed directly to the divers. A female and her calf went directly overhead while an escort whale passed about 50 feet outside of Cathy and the group.All were thrilled. 2000 or so dives here and I've yet to see a whale underwater, bummer.Anyway, it was a good day of diving. The whales were definitely the highlights, but Cathy also found a yellow frogfish she's been watching grow over the last month or two... and at the end of our second dive (at an undisclosed location) she came up and said she needed to borrow the camera again. This is what she found..... Despite not being familiar with my camera, and also in a pretty strong surge, she was able to get these shots of a Re...
Why do whales have holes on their heads?
2008-03-25 01:26:00 As you know, whales do not have gills like fish. In fact, because they are mammals, they take in air through nostrils. The nostrils of whales, called “blowholes”, are located on top of their heads. Every once in a while, whales come to the surface of the water and open their blowholes to breathe.
Blame the Whales
2008-03-24 22:12:00 (Artist credit: Jeff Wilkie)Seems to be the mantra of the Japan whalers and their government: "Blame the Whales."For what? They, among other countries like Canada for example, blame marine wildlife for the "diminishing of fish stocks" all over the planet.Uh, what? That's the most ridiculous BS I've ever heard.In The Whale Warriors, this book by Peter Heller that I am reading, there is a lot documented in there about the damage Japan has done to the marine ecosystem. And Japan is not alone in the harm they have done that in many parts of the planet, may well be irreversible. The USA is no exception either. But I digress.Here's an excerpt in the book. Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd was having one of his several conversations with Peter Heller and said:"You know what the Japanese delegate Tadahiko Nakamura said to me at the 1997 IWC meeting in Monaco? He said he didn't care if all the whales died. He said his duty was to his family, his company, his country, and that...
Blame the Whales
2008-03-24 22:12:00 (Artist credit: Jeff Wilkie)Seems to be the mantra of the Japan whalers and their government: "Blame the Whales."For what? They, among other countries like Canada for example, blame marine wildlife for the "diminishing of fish stocks" all over the planet.Uh, what? That's the most ridiculous BS I've ever heard.In The Whale Warriors, this book by Peter Heller that I am reading, there is a lot documented in there about the damage Japan has done to the marine ecosystem. And Japan is not alone in the harm they have done that in many parts of the planet, may well be irreversible. The USA is no exception either. But I digress.Here's an excerpt in the book. Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd was having one of his several conversations with Peter Heller and said:"You know what the Japanese delegate Tadahiko Nakamura said to me at the 1997 IWC meeting in Monaco? He said he didn't care if all the whales died. He said his duty was to his family, his company, his country, and that...
Male whales are singing fools for love
2008-03-22 05:35:00 By Jay Lindsay BOSTON, May 6, 2004 - The male humpback whale is believed to sing its mysterious songs mainly for the same reason generations of teenage boys have started bad garage bands: to get girls. Researchers had thought the ocean crooners serenaded their women only during their winter mating season in the tropics. Now, scientists know ...
Casual Friday ? where whales came from
2008-03-21 12:56:00 An interesting piece of the understanding of whale evolution, and transitional forms of species... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Casual Friday — where whales came from", url: "http://sortingoutscience.net/2-008/03/21/casual_friday_--_wher-e_whales_came_from/" });
Of Whales And Frosted Penguins
2008-03-19 05:58:00 My Shaman friend, Robert, recently wrote a post about watching a passing whale joyfully leaping out of the water on its way to wherever whales go this time of year. Now this post came at a good time for me seeing as how I was having one of those winter doldrums days. This has been a long, cold, and, at times, very snowy winter.Now Robert lives in Hawaii and he can see the ocean from his home...and it's warm there. I don't know if they even recognize the winter season...maybe they have six months of summer followed by six more months of summer.Up here in the mountains this winter we've had days and days and nights of...WINTER... COLD WIND...and ICE. That's why Robert's description of the whale had such a positive effect. It sounded WARM. Around here I wouldn't be surprised to see a penguin go waddling by wearing snowshoes and long-handled underwear.I think even the "little fellers" have gotten their fill of the weather here. They are over in Texas zipping about in their ships a...
Dolphin Rescues Stranded Whales
2008-03-17 20:12:00 Play Video Dolphin Rescues Stranded Whales Associated Press - (APTN) Mar. 13, 2008. 06:16 AM EST A bottle-nosed dolphin is being credited with rescuing a pair of pygmy sperm whales that had stranded themselves on a New Zealand beach. (March 13) addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fanimal-world.com%-2Fnewsfeed%2F%3Fp%3D559'; addthis_title = 'Dolphin+Rescues+Stranded+Whale-s'; addthis_pub = ...
Dolphin Saves the Whales
2008-03-15 21:20:00 While I’m on the subject of life-saving miracles, the BBC reported this week that it’s not just humans who take an interest in whale conservation. A bottlenose dolphin, known in her local neighbourhood as Moko, is taking it as seriously as any dolphin can. Mr Smith and his team of humans were getting nowhere fast in their attempt to save a pair of beached whales from the north east coast of New Zealand. Moko sped to the rescue just in time (maybe in a waterproof cape), uttered a few carefully chosen instructions to the whales (maybe in a Whalish accent), and they made it safely home in time for tea (or maybe a krill tisane). “I don’t speak whale and I don’t speak dolphin,” Mr Smith told the BBC, “but there was obviously something that went on because the two whales changed their attitude from being quite distressed to following the dolphin quite willingly and directly along the beach and straight out to sea.” He added: “The dolph...
Dolphin appears to guide whales to sea
(AP)
2008-03-13 12:39:00 AP - Most days, Moko the bottlenosed dolphin swims playfully with humans at a New Zealand beach. But this week, it seems, Moko found his mojo. Witnesses described Wednesday how they saw the dolphin swim up to two stranded whales and guide them to safety.
NZ dolphin rescues beached whales
2008-03-13 05:13:00 A dolphin has come to the rescue of two whales which had become stranded on a beach in New Zealand.1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Test-tube Baby Whales? Cow-Whale Hybrids?
2008-03-13 01:00:00 Japan's annual hunt for hundreds of whales under the guise of "scientific research" has long been castigated as a sham. Now, a new analysis of published research papers has exposed a long-running litany of frivolous, esoteric, even bizarre experimentation including "attempts at cross-breeding cows with whales". Technorati Tags:
[Weird] Actual headline: ?Japan cross breeding cows with whales.? Bonus quo
2008-03-12 08:39:00 News.com.au
Save the Whales T-Shirt
2008-03-09 01:48:00 The Ying and Yang whale motif created by the Whale & Dolphin Coalition in 1977 as part of a campaign of nonviolent direct action against Australia's last whaling station in Albany, Western Australia.The whales on the t-shirt have the box noses of sperm whales, the type of whale being hunted by Australia at that time.'Close Cheynes' is a reference to the Cheynes Beach Whaling Company, the last whaling company in Australia.The Whale & Dolphin Coalition brought to Australia Canadian Bob Hunter, Greenpeace's first president, to lend his expertise honed in the North Pacific against the Soviet whaling fleet ... using Zodiac inflatable boats to put people between harpoons and whales. The Whale & Dolphin Coalition later morphed into Greenpeace Australia.Classic 'Save The Whale' t-shirt created in 1977 during the campaign to close Australia's last whaling station. The t-shirt was worn, and is still owned, by Aline Charney Barber during the nonvilolent direct action campai...
By: The Last Whale
Japan ?cross-breeding cows with whales?
2008-03-08 02:59:00 An official scientific review of Japan’s bizarre experiments with test-tube minke babies and attempts at cross-breeding cows with whales has exploded the claim whale slaughter is “research”. Scientists have analyzed the 43 research papers produced by Japan after 18 years of killing whales and concluded they are useless, strange and esoteric. Some of the experiments involved injecting ...
Score One for the Whales
2008-03-06 20:19:00 Karma’s a bitch, ain’t it? The Japanese continue to hunt whales, despite mounting international pressure, so it’s hard not to see this as the universe evening the score a bit: A...
By: Green Options
“Save EAT the Whales” (?)
2008-03-06 16:35:00 It used to be ‘global warming’. Then a few dozen enviro-nazi rallies got stopped by snowstorms. Kinda hard to claim global warming when you’re freezing your buttocks off. Remember how it was vital we ’save the whales’? Well, that’s out now, too.  OSLO -(REUTERS)- Eat a whale and save the planet, a Norwegian pro-whaling lobby said on Monday of a study showing that harpooning the giant mammals is less damaging to the climate than farming livestock. Environmental group Greenpeace dismissed the survey, saying almost every kind of food was more climate friendly than meat. The survey, focused on whale boats’ fuel use, showed that a kilo (2.2 lbs) of whale meat represented just 1.9 kilo (4.2 lbs) of greenhouse gases against 15.8 for beef, 6.4 for pork and 4.6 for chicken. “Basically it turns out that the best thing you can do for the planet is to eat whale meat compared to other types of meat,” said Rune Froevik of the High North All...
By: BitsBlog
Northern Right Whales Head South to Give Birth
2008-03-05 08:12:00 Like many northerners who head south to warmer climates for the winter, many Northern right whales also head south in November and stay into April. Their destination is the only known calving ground for this rare and endangered population-the waters off Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. When they arrive, NOAA scientists are there to greet them, and to take DNA samples.Although they are large animals, finding them in the ocean is not easy. "Like people, they don't all congregate in one spot," says NOAA researcher Dr. Richard Pace of the challenge. "There may be one here, and three others 50 miles away. And you don't know who will be there this year." Pace, and colleagues from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GADNR) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), are primarily focused on locating right whale newborns and adults who have not yet been sampled.To find the whales, the researchers depend heavily on aerial spotting teams. Once close enough ...
Dolphins and Whales 3D
2008-02-18 15:51:00 Dive into a new immersive and highly emotional adventure with Jean-Michel Cousteau’s DOLPHINS AND WHALES 3D, which will take you from the dazzling coral reefs of the Bahamas to the warm depths of the waters of the exotic Kingdom of Tonga for a close encounter with the surviving tribes of the ocean. Stunning images captured ...
By: Movie Trailers
Dolphins & Whales in 3D
2008-02-12 19:42:00 (Artist Credit: Bruce Harman)Two-thirds of Japan's citizens claim to support whaling. And yet the whale meat continues to go uneaten. What's up with that?Apparently the whalers are going broke because they can't market their catch and they have to pay back over $37 million in government subsidies that have supported their "scientific research."Something's not right here when a country can claim to have over 60% supporting the culling of whales and yet can't be bothered to support their whalers nor buy and eat the meat.Give it up Japan. You're starting to look even more ridiculous now.IWC (International Whaling Commission) will meet next month in London to discuss the current moratorium on whaling and what kind of an agreement can be reached between the pro and anti whaling nations of the world.Failing that, they'll next try at the next meeting in Chile this June.Excerpt:from the whales' perspective at least, a new deal along these lines might have something to comme... |
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