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One of the highlights of my recent trip to New Zealand was going out on a whale watching boat. Not only did we see whales but also a lot of sea birds that I wouldn't normally get the chance to photograph. Here's a few shots from the trip.
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Yes I know I'm....
Thanks Mark.
I agree, you're luckier than anyone deserves! Thanks for sharing .
Well caught Kevin Just a fluke...
You lucky sod, Great captures.
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One of the highlights of my recent trip to New Zealand was going out on a whale watching boat. Not only did we see whales but also a lot of sea birds that I wouldn't normally get the chance to photograph. Here's a few shots from the trip.
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You lucky sod, Great captures..
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Save the whales? There's an app for that A new iPhone app is making waves in the commercial shipping world by providing an early warning system that aims to reduce maritime collisions with endangered whales.
The Whale Alert App was launched at the start...
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I am appalled by that concept as not many commercial whale watch skippers, let alone recreational skippers, are familiar enough with RW behaviour to avoid risk got....
For finding right whales, presumably for whale watching purposes.
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Quote: : In 1986, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) enacted a moratorium on all commercial whaling. Since then, three nations - Iceland, Norway, and Japan - have brutally slaughtered over 25,000 whales under the guise of scientific research and...
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The sperm whale is an endangered species, after at least a million were killed by commercialJapanese....
Is scheduled to catch about 260 whales, including 100 minke whales and 10 sperm whales, between now Species.
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On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:03:09 -0500, Andy <a@b.c
OT: Go Blue Whales!
National Geographic cable channel. On now.
Why don't we name a sports team for them???
Andy
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The one;lynngiff@i29.net
Considering what linebackers look like, the generic term "Whales"
would be fine -0500, Andy <a@b.c
I was watching something....
To buy whale meat and
extract DNA to find out which whales are being sold for meat.
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It depends on the whale. Baleen whales eat krill, sperm whales eat fish and squids, while orcas eat seals, sharks and whales.
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On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:42:00 -0400, "J" <Jvisions@live.com
Not to upset the PETA nuts, but is this issue really more important than the
pursuit of saving the lives of the pre-born?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/08/supremecourt/main...
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We have way too many people on this planet and not enough
whales** of gestation)
which have ALL of these characteristics in common with the
first stage -- gametes (sperm if the abortions
had not taken place earlier....
Absolutely.
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What do u suggest write below ? Ecologists estimate that the Antarctic Ocean could support a greater biomass of baleen whales than sperm whales or killer whales. Suggest why.
no rude comment please
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Krill is very small shrimp like and are "filtered" out of the water by the baleen sheets in the whales mouth, link:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baleen....
Because Baleen whales eat krill which is the basic building block of the food chain.
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What do you think about illegal whaling? I want your opinion. My opinion is that it all needs to be stopped. The Japanease need to stop and personally they are all devils for killing whales. Anyone who kills a whale on purpose should be put in jail for...
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They do the same thing to kill '....
Whalers prefer to harpoon and kill a sperm whale in the winter is bad enough, but they waste the whale too they don't use all of the whale.
Of the brain case of a sperm whale.
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A PAIR of Japanese whaling vessels has left for the northwestern Pacific aiming to catch 260 whales for "scientific research", a fisheries ministry official says.
The Yushin Maru and Yushin Maru No 2 departed on Friday from Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi...
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