February 2008 Archives

You've never seen Great White Sharks like this before. Taken off the coast of South Africa these photos show the Great White hunting seals.

For more dramatic photos follow the link.

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Well, a jelly fish population explosion. Seems that there have been several instances of this in the past couple of years and no one knows what to do about it. I guess this wouldn't be such an issue for people if these were not deadly box jellyfish. The kind that close beaches and scare the crap out of divers.

The articles goes on to say that one of the major problems is that jellyfish are proving very tricky to eliminate. Seems that when they feel threatened, or their population numbers start to drop, their solution is to start producing even more eggs. Which means more jellyfish. A scary thought indeed.

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This is one shark I would rather not see in person. Estimated at being over 18 feet in length this video was shot at a depth of 3300 feet.

To put in perspective this thing has a meter (2.2 feet) wide head. Yeah. Big.

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Australian Customs offices have released video and pictures of recent Japanese whaling practices. Amongst other things these photos and video show a mother and her calf killed together. The calf is estimated at being under a year old. Scientific whaling practices at their best. I won't post the pictures or video here, but this link has it all.

Even better, from what I've read Japan still has whale meat left over from last year. Last year being one of the worst years for meat prices, falling so low that dog food makers were buying it.

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