1/5/2006: Beached whale removal, New Zealand

Undertoad · 01-05-2006, 11:22 AM

I really don't know what it is with IotD and whales, but here's yet another whale feature.

This is part of a massive whale beaching in New Zealand. IotD has covered New Zealand whale beaching before - in this case, 120 pilot whales beaches themselves, and conservationists saved most of them, but these few didn't and they have to be managed somehow. Even if it's sad, it's also interesting to see what they have to do, getting heavy equipment out and lining them up for removal.

barefoot serpent · 01-05-2006, 11:37 AM

Maybe Greenpeace could market them to the Japanese?

Wormfood · 01-05-2006, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

Maybe Greenpeace could market them to the Japanese?

I think they're already on it..
The japanese working in his Hitachi crane and the Greenpeace guy have an eye on the remaining plantlife.

Elspode · 01-05-2006, 03:14 PM

I suppose that blowing them up with dynamite is right out?

lumberjim · 01-05-2006, 07:57 PM

120 beached themselves at the same time.

smacks of ritual sacrifice. what color kool aid do you think they like? are we gods to them? we take them brutally and randomly in ways they don;t understand. look at it through the whale's eyes. they're smart enough to identify us by sight. did these 120 whales think to save others with their sacrifice? very noble ani...... i was gonna say animals........but....

lumberjim · 01-05-2006, 07:59 PM

more along those lines:

we threw back 114 of them. will they be seen as unworthy and shunned by the pod? will the six that did not return be remebred with glory and admiration?

this is freakin me out, man.

capnhowdy · 01-05-2006, 08:06 PM

Martyrs?

Griff · 01-05-2006, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

this is freakin me out, man.

Please reduce the THC levels in your blood to managable levels.

Griff · 01-05-2006, 08:38 PM

Your tax dollars at work?

lumberjim · 01-05-2006, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Please reduce the THC levels in your blood to managable levels.

i'm still at work, dad.

you don;t think whales are smart enough to get religion?

have you MET george Bush?!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-05-2006, 11:18 PM

It's the whale's equivalent of people drowning.

footfootfoot · 01-06-2006, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I suppose that blowing them up with dynamite is right out?

They're too small, I think.

mickja1 · 01-06-2006, 02:08 PM

Really awesome video of an attempt to blow up a beached whale with dynamite:

http://www.dogpatchgazette.com/humor/movies/whale.avi

beavis · 01-06-2006, 02:20 PM

i've seen that video, well worth it to watch.

Karenv · 01-06-2006, 02:26 PM

One reason for the beachings, don't know if it apples to this one, is the underwater sonar that the Navy is using to communicate with. Imagine listening to an earsplitting car alarm all the time. They think that beachings have gone way up because the whales can't stand it.

01-05-2006, 11:22 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/5/2006: Beached whale removal, New Zealand I really don't know what it is with IotD and whales, but here's yet another whale feature. This is part of a massive whale beaching in New Zealand. IotD has covered New Zealand whale beaching before - in this case, 120 pilot whales beaches themselves, and conservationists saved most of them, but these few didn't and they have to be managed somehow. Even if it's sad, it's also interesting to see what they have to do, getting heavy equipment out and lining them up for removal.

01-05-2006, 03:14 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I suppose that blowing them up with dynamite is right out? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-05-2006, 07:57 PM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	120 beached themselves at the same time. smacks of ritual sacrifice. what color kool aid do you think they like? are we gods to them? we take them brutally and randomly in ways they don;t understand. look at it through the whale's eyes. they're smart enough to identify us by sight. did these 120 whales think to save others with their sacrifice? very noble ani...... i was gonna say animals........but.... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-05-2006, 07:59 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	more along those lines: we threw back 114 of them. will they be seen as unworthy and shunned by the pod? will the six that did not return be remebred with glory and admiration? this is freakin me out, man. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-05-2006, 08:06 PM	#7
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Martyrs? __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-05-2006, 11:37 AM	#2
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Maybe Greenpeace could market them to the Japanese?

01-05-2006, 08:38 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Your tax dollars at work? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-05-2006, 11:18 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's the whale's equivalent of people drowning. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-06-2006, 02:08 PM	#13
mickja1 I'm from the Midwest Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 19	Really awesome video of an attempt to blow up a beached whale with dynamite: http://www.dogpatchgazette.com/humor/movies/whale.avi

01-06-2006, 02:20 PM	#14
beavis butthead died Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: mtv reruns Posts: 88	i've seen that video, well worth it to watch.

01-06-2006, 02:26 PM	#15
Karenv Slacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 144	One reason for the beachings, don't know if it apples to this one, is the underwater sonar that the Navy is using to communicate with. Imagine listening to an earsplitting car alarm all the time. They think that beachings have gone way up because the whales can't stand it.

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