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General Category => Huh? => Topic started by: Davep on November 27, 2017, 1446 UTC
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http://wtkr.com/2017/11/26/dead-whale-spotted-in-water-near-chics-beach/
This is the 4th Humpback death within a 5 mile radius of my crib within the last year.
It's cheaper to see these magnificent creatures this way, rather than pay the whalewatcher boat and there's no strict times to be at the dock.
Last year we were able to walk 3 blocks to view a fairly large female . As a bonus, our 7 yo granddaughter was able to see and smell the real deal instead of looking at a picture book.
The news always reports primarily the cause of death is unknown , but even though we aren't whale doctors saw the evenly spaced 6ft x 3 ft deep gash slices over its length from some Liberian flagged rustbucket propeller. Possibly authority figures do not want the city to be famous for being the epicenter of extinction .
Apparently the humpers don't have a squeak word for world's busiest shipping lane. Remember the 80s game Frogger?
Activist are clueless how to stop it, other than some kumbuyya or silent prayer for justice Karma ,or worse threatening not to give a crap anymore
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Edit 12/4 UT
Still no word other than they said it hadn't eaten lately and they took it to the landfill but no prop marks evidently.
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LOL@see and smell
also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBgThvB_IDQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAakXdLJ1JE
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Which one of you is Ishmael and which one is Queequeg? ???
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Bring out the blubber kettles Mr. Fansome, there's work to be done on the whalin' grounds of the Virginny Capes, Arrrh!
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They're called "trypots". There's nothing better than a whale steak, freshly carved and cooked in a pot of boiling whale fat. mmm...
There's a good book about the whale trade in the New Zealand environs, "The Whale's Wake". And, of course, you can "call me Ishmael"
Bring out the blubber kettles Mr. Fansome, there's work to be done on the whalin' grounds of the Virginny Capes, Arrrh!
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(https://i.imgur.com/lKtuIvQ.jpg)
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That poor orca doesn't stand a chance. Penguins are deadliest when they dive.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ppnG1wqKyVE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVVW8BferzQ
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Speaking of whales: Navtex decode 518.0 12/02/2017 0321z
22:20:54 2017-12-01
ZCZC UA62
221726 UTC SEP 17
NOTSHIP M1970/17
GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE CHART
IN ORDER TO PROMOTE NAVIGATION SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT DUE TO AN INCREASED PRESENCE OF NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES IN THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE, ALL VESSELS OF 65 FEET (19.8M) OR LONGER ARE INSTRUCTED TO PROCEED AT A SPEED NOT EXCEEDING 10.0 KNOTS OVER THE GROUND IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER AND THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES: 47 10' N 062 00' W 47 10' N 065 00' W 50 20' N 065 00' W 50 20' N 062 00' W.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SPEED RESTRICTION COULD LEAD TO ENFORCEMENT ACTION UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE COLLISION REGULATIONS.
MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ALL OBSERVATIONS OF ENTANGLED, DEAD, OR INJURED WHALES TO THE CCG ON VHF CH. 16 OR TO THE MARINE ANIMAL RESPONSE SOCIETY AT 18665676277 FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE, TO THE WHALE RELEASE AND STRANDINGS AT 17098953003 FOR NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR AND TO MARINE MAMMAL EMERGENCIES AT 18777225346 FOR THE QUEBEC SECTOR.
SIGHTINGS OF LIVE, FREESWIMMING WHALES SHOULD BE REPORTED TO (902)4408611 OR EMAIL:XMARWHALESIGHTINGSDFOMPO.GC.CA.
CANCEL M1931/17
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Nothing that setting up colonies of penguins to scare them away on Newfoundland and Sable Island wouldn't fix.
Perhaps they might migrate to the Great Lakes to take care of lampreys, invasive silver carp, zebra mussels, and old coots in Cleveland in torn purple snowsuits. Wearing a purple near a penguin is the same as saying "dinner is served!"