[Newsbot]

Title: Scientists spot all-white orca whale in wild
Category: World
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2012-04-23 16:12:18

[Canadiana55]

Awesome! Now enter some Japanese,Chinese or Russian whaling ship to slaughter it.

[Canadiana55]

...or some jerkoff billionare looking for another trophy piece.

[ShepherdsDog]

Orcas aren't usually eaten and you'd need one hell of a wall or shelf to display it as a trophy.

[Lemmy]

"Call me Ishmael."

[ShepherdsDog]

I'm sure you've been called worse far more often....by far more people.

[jeff744]

Canadiana55 Canadiana55:

Awesome! Now enter some Japanese,Chinese or Russian whaling ship to slaughter it.

Are you aware that while humanity is working to protect the whales and are starting to move on fisheries, whale populations have boomed and are now a major factor in the low fish populations? That the whaling nations have never once even come close to getting their quotas and despite their hunting the whale populations continue to rise? Stop watching Whale Wars.

[ShepherdsDog]

certain species are doing well. Those that were decimated by commercial whaling fleets in the past centuries, are just starting to recover from the brink. AND, most of them, such as the minke, grey, humpback, and the right whales, don't compete with us for fish.....they are filter feeders(Mysticeti as opposed to Odontoceti(toothed whales)). Also, it should be pointed out that orcas aren't 'whales' perse, they are part of the Delphinidae(dolphin) family

[Lemmy]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

I'm sure you've been called worse far more often....by far more people.

Thankfully no one's ever stooped to calling me "Campbell".

[ShepherdsDog]

The meaning would be lost on you anyways, as you still smile with pride when you mention that you're a Fraser....and you can trace your lineage back for centuries.....not too hard when the family tree doesn't fork

[Lemmy]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

not too hard when the family tree doesn't fork

Good use of the word "fork". God knows a Campbell wouldn't know what the hell a fork was if presented one at a dining table.

[Lemmy]

Lemmy Lemmy:

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

not too hard when the family tree doesn't fork

Good use of the word "fork". Too bad a Campbell wouldn't know what the hell a fork was if presented one at a dining table.

[andyt]

jeff744 jeff744:

Canadiana55 Canadiana55:

Awesome! Now enter some Japanese,Chinese or Russian whaling ship to slaughter it.

Are you aware that while humanity is working to protect the whales and are starting to move on fisheries, whale populations have boomed and are now a major factor in the low fish populations? That the whaling nations have never once even come close to getting their quotas and despite their hunting the whale populations continue to rise? Stop watching Whale Wars.

I'm not sure the Orcas are doing all that well. They've been listed as threatened in the Northwest at one time. And, only the resident Orca eat salmon. There are two other groups, on that primarily eats seals and sea lions - those would actually help to maintain fish populations, and one group that feeds primarily on sharks - same deal. The shark eaters die an early death because the rough shark skin wears down their teeth prematurely.

Other than Orcas, I can't think of any whales that eat fish around here. And as Shep pointed out, Orcas are actually overgrown dolphins. So I would like to see a link that shows that whales, or even cetaceans are a major factor in low fish populations. My guess is there's a different species we can blame for that.

If whales being hunted are so abundant, how is it the hunters can't make their quota?

[andyt]

What this white whale will result in is more Native nonsense about how it's one of their long lost ancestors or some other indication that the white man owes them mo money.

[BartSimpson]

Last spring we had a number of sightings of blue whales off of the California coast. Naturally, the Japanese decided to press a claim for 'harvesting' some of them for 'scientific research' and, God bless the US Coast Guard, they were brusquely rebuffed.

Conservative as I am, I'm utterly opposed to whaling save for letting aboriginals conduct their hunts and then only by traditional means. I do not approve of them using rifles in their hunts.