Recently in Whales Category
For the first time ever someone has filmed Killer Whales hunting dolphins. (Which is interesting to me, because Killer Whales are actually in the dolphin family) A tour group in South Africa saw the hunt happening and filmed it. Afterwards divers from the boat got into the water for a closer look. Check out the really interesting article.
Japan does whale hunting for strictly scientific reasons. Those reasons being....
The scientific research included injecting minke whale sperm into cows eggs, and attempts to produce test-tube whale babies, News Limited newspapers report.
This explains so much.
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A rare white killer whale has been spotted in Alaska!
While not completely white, its still quite a rare animal. Also, killer Whales are really dolphins. They try and confuse you to mask their sinister nature.
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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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Australia seems to be taking this years Japanese whale hunt very seriously. The government will be dispatching planes and ships to monitor and record the whaling fleets activities. They hope that recording the activities may led to a lawsuit in international courts. Hopefully this will help end Japans "scientific" whaling practices. Along those same lines is this article from earlier in the year that shows action being taken on the Japanese side of things. Assemblymen from the city of Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture are trying to ban dolphin meat due to extremely high levels of mercury. They've even gone so far as to call it "Toxic Waste." Their main concern is that this meat is being fed to children at schools across the prefecture. Meat that has up to ten times the legal level of mercury. With Japan's population become more and more concerned about food safety after recent problems with tainted Japanese food this argument may actually have some effect on the local population.
But Japan is not completely without heart when it comes to whales and dolphins. When they're not eating them they do enjoy putting silly hats on them.
Merry Christmas everyone.
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