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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Not just whales but dolphins too. Even if they're not endangered now. I can't believe people as civilized and smart as the Japanese would stoop so low to eat dolphins. How can you have peace of mind knowing that you ate an intelligent creature? Dolphins - to the best of my knowledge - have the intelligence of a 2-year-old human. Eating such intelligent creatures should be an international crime. Plus, I've read some websites and watched some Animal Planet programs about them. They actually protect humans from sharks. They "gore" (so to speak) sharks and then run away, to distract them. And if a human is drowning, they try to save them, since (apparently) it looks like one of their own drowning, for some reason. Not to mention their help with disabled children and many other uses.
We are grossly underestimating the value of many marine lives. - Gtitian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Heh heh... that' not the best Trek movie, but it's definetly the most appropriate movie quote here.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I don't know about you but I'd rather have her "endangered."
- KuntaKinte, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9as long as rosie o'donnell is safe i'm fine
- diggimator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@AWeeBitInsane
OK, since nobody cared to elaborate, I might as well. Skipping the whole loaded words aspect in your comments, only a handful of Japanese have ever heard of, let alone eaten, dolphins in the past. Second of all, good luck trying to tie that in with preservation of a whale species. - oskite, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Everyone I know is for the preservation of Cook Inlet Belugas. Then again, said people (and myself) live within a mile of Cook Inlet and our tourism industry revolves around the area's wildlife. So yes, day cruise companies benefit, but so does the state.
Nothing like getting a higher yearly check from the state government to motivate people (actually the permanent fund dividend is only for oil money, but you get the point).
Man, I ***** love living here. - diggimator, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"I can't believe people as civilized and smart as the Japanese would stoop so low to eat dolphins. "
Give me a break... - diggimator, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Who cares! God damn those non-vegan people from other cultures... how dare they eat meat that we aren't accustomed to eating. I know! Let's label these animals as endangered! Yeah, that'll show them not to be different from US!!ONEONE!!
- goeatsmsht, on 10/12/2007, -12/+11This is the President of the United Federation of Planets. Do not approach Earth. The transmissions of an orbiting probe are causing critical damage to this planet. It has almost totally ionized our atmosphere. All power sources have failed. All Earth-orbiting Starships are powerless. The probe is vaporizing our oceans. We cannot survive unless a way can be found to respond to the probe. Further communications may not be possible. Save your energy... save yourselves. Avoid the planet Earth at all costs. Farewell.
- loveandrockets, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I completely agree AWeeBitInsane.
Whales and dolphins are an intelligent, communicating, family-oriented, important species that it would be a cultural disaster to lose them. Why the ***** do the asians still want to eat blubber and penis? It should be made a crime. (Although Inuits should be allowed to hunt a certain number as they've been doing for thousands of years. They use the whole animal, not just the penis. In fact their whole culture is based on them so they get an exemption. And how many can they eat?) - TheCash, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Holy hell, another Alaskan on Digg? Sweet!
I just heard about this while reading the paper in the waiting room of the tire place this week, and now it's on ABC news and Digg? What does anyone at ABC news really care about the Beluga whale population of the Cook Inlet? Did anyone responding to this article really wake up this morning and ask themselves, 'Man, I sure hope everything is going ok for the marine mammal population of the Cook Inlet,' for that matter?
That being said, I can't think of one reason for the natives to go and hunt whales in the inlet anyway. I'm pretty sure between the pfd, wick, wellfare, and their last ciri dividend, they've got enough cash in their bank accounts to keep their fridges full. That, plus they can always sign up for the moose road kill program with the muni. I hate dodging japanese tourists loaded down with cameras and standing in the middle of the road anytime I try to drive out to girdwood in the summer, but I'd rather deal with that then lose any more inlet whales. Even though I've never seen one myself. - jackhole, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Saying these whales are endangered is an insult to all the plants and animals we've been far more successful at killing off.
- chopenik, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Nuk'em !!
- phort99, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Save the wails.
- umdk1d3, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2So word has it that the whale population around the world has recently tripled.
- gr8inferno, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2that's pretty funny.
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -7/+526 percent change of being extinct in 100 years? Sounds like a pretty ***** number to me,
- ArnoldTPants, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4There is a 98% probability that they pulled their '26% chance' out of their ass.
- Poovey, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2Oh no! Where am I going to get my caviar!
- m00nb34m, on 10/12/2007, -11/+0There's money behind it...I can smell it. Get it listed as endangered and a few companies stand to profit very nicely. If they really ARE endangered, fine. If it's a stunt to get rich, tell me where to sign up.
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