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- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -2/+86shortly after being "thanked" by the whale and watching it swim off, three divers discovered their wallets and watches were missing.
- Keggir, on 10/12/2007, -18/+90Isn't your mom still married?
- CLIFFosakaJAPAN, on 10/12/2007, -12/+80Spoiled Brats always need pictures. What ever happened to the days when the printed word triggered images in one's head. Now, everything is "instant gratification". Now help me into my Rocking Chair....
- bobgoat, on 10/12/2007, -5/+43http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale#Whale_intelligence
- synaesthesia, on 10/12/2007, -5/+34Digg for the warm fuzzy feeling I got
- rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -10/+32Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet.
And since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this poor innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity as a whale before it then had to come to terms with not being a whale any more.
This is a complete record of its thoughts from the moment it began its life till the moment it ended it.
"Ah ... ! What's happening? it thought."
"Er, excuse me, who am I? Hello? Why am I here? What's my purpose in life?"
"What do I mean by who am I?"
"Calm down, get a grip now ... oh! this is an interesting sensation, what is it? It's a sort of ... yawning, tingling sensation in my ... my ... well I suppose I'd better start finding names for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I shall call an argument I shall call the world, so let's call it my stomach."
"Good. Ooooh, it's getting quite strong. And hey, what's about this whistling roaring sound going past what I'm suddenly going to call my head? Perhaps I can call that ... wind! Is that a good name? It'll do ... perhaps I can find a better name for it later when I've found out what it's for. It must be something very important because there certainly seems to be a hell of a lot of it. Hey! What's this thing? This ... let's call it a tail - yeah, tail. Hey! I can can really thrash it about pretty good can't I? Wow! Wow! That feels great! Doesn't seem to achieve very much but I'll probably find out what it's for later on. Now - have I built up any coherent picture of things yet?"
"No."
"Never mind, hey, this is really exciting, so much to find out about, so much to look forward to, I'm quite dizzy with anticipation ..."
"Or is it the wind? There really is a lot of that now isn't it?"
"And wow! Hey! What's this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like ... ow ... ound ... round ... ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground!"
"I wonder if it will be friends with me?"
And the rest, after a sudden wet thud, was silence.
Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was "Oh no, not again." Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.
-- Chapter 19, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - sohlemac, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22I'm a vegetarian. Not because I love animals, but because I ***** HATE plants.
- Schrade, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25While it's an old story, it is still pretty awesome. Thanks for posting it.
- goob, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25I thought of the old Star Trek movie where they have to go to San Fran and steal two whales :)
- goob, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19Thanks for posting this. That's an awesome story if true and goes to show how much some animals do understand. I'm sitting here grinning just thinking about how those divers must have felt.
- niczar, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16Plants are living things, too. You should only consume ripe fruits. And BTW, don't go take a dump in the bathroom, or otherwise those seeds will get lost. The flowering plant made that tasty fruit in exchange for your help spreading its seeds in your dung; so go empty your colon in the wild.
Me, I'll be a vegetarian when you get lions to feed on tofu. - lowmagnet, on 10/12/2007, -11/+22That has got nothing to do with survival of the fittest.
- slythfox, on 10/12/2007, -9/+20The first thing that came to mind was The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series... I'm not quite sure why...
- JohnboiWaltune, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Every year, the wheat harvesting machines kill hundreds of thousands of small animals who call the fields 'home'.... if you eat wheat products, you have the blood of cute little rabbits and gophers on your hands.
Wheat is Murder - piratearggghhh, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15 Didn't expect this story from digg, but very awesome and touching.
- eclectro, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11What's interesting is that the researches can't say what it was thinking. But whales are not dumb. It had to have known it was better off being cut free from the mass of ropes.
- serra, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15Awww, that's so sweet. Geeze, I'm such a girl... but still a geek girl!
- psychotron, on 10/12/2007, -30/+38It would have been cool if the whale had ate them all afterwards.
- sfacets, on 10/12/2007, -20/+27It just goes to show just how extensive whale intelligence is. Not just "whale steak", as quoted by the idiot above.
- Cam_86, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Nice heart-warming story... How long before Disney takes the idea and makes a mediocre movie though?
- boycy, on 10/12/2007, -21/+27Well now what a difficult question. Let's see...does a whale live in the sea? No, it's a land-animal, so it can't be seafood
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12"No, he's saying whales have a smaller brain/body ratio than a hummingbird. But then again, so do we."
Umm.. We're actually almost at the top of the list in that respect. The top three animals in respect to brain mass to body are Humans, Shrews and Dolphins. - Jyuu, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11That makes me want to spend summer saving animals. =
- ForbesBingley, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12That kind of thing would live with you forever.
What a lucky bunch of guys... - richpav, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Japanese don't eat whale meat anywhere near as much as they used to, but you can still get it cooked and canned in some supermarkets or raw in some sushi restaurants if they have it. I've eaten it both ways. And don't forget--although many Japanese certainly do forget--that Japan isn't the only country where whales are eaten. I've been told by more than a few people here that attemps by the US to prohibit Japan from hunting whales is an affront to their culture, and if "they" want to forbid "us" from eating whale, then they should be willing to give up eating beef.
- CluelessTroll, on 10/12/2007, -8/+14Finally, someone has something positive to digg.
ok, enough with the negativity.
Nice digg, thanks. - bigpeeler, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Awwwwww....ain't anthropomorphism cute?
- dnder, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11what makes whales so special that humans can't eat? People who condemn others for eating certain animals are the worst hypocrite, unless they are vegans of course.
- fishbert, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Ok, I see the cheesy title and even more cheesy description... but that it points to Snopes makes me interested enough to find out what's going on. =)
- twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@dndr:
A blind eye is turned toward Alaskan whaling because it is only allowed by Inuit (Eskimo) tribes in controlled cirucumstances relating to their culture. They are only allowed to hunt a specific number of whales each year as part of their tribal (religious) rites. It falls under a number of "delicate" circumstances like indigenous rights that predate our culture, religious rights to ceremonies that differ from ours and others. It is too sticky a situation for any politician or local/national entity to tackle because it would be viewed as oppressive and possibly rascist.
Considering our previous history with indigenous relations (i.e. the genocide of the American Indian) you can see why nobody wants to get involved.. - SoundScape, on 10/12/2007, -13/+17That aren't even harpooning to EAT them. The Japanese rarely even eat the stuff. Our main current affairs program here in Australia (60 Minutes) did a fairly extensive story on the situation, and it turns out the Japanese are hunting them purely out of spite. Of course, they call it "pride".
- fatlip, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8same here.. damn heartwarming story
- dnder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Anyhow, I understand why Japan is taking all of the heat from the anti-whalers. where's the outrage over Norway's whaling policy considering they officially opened commercial whaling. Or how about over Greenland and Alaska's hunting of Bowhead whales, which are actually endangered unlike the minke whales which the norwegians and japanese hunt. why is Greenpeace and the US government turning a blind eye on alaskan whalers?
- dnder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@popfrog
As oppose to the bastion of morality that is America. The US churns out more porn than any other country, probably more than most of them combined. Our history of slavery, genocide, sexism, and racism makes me so proud. - vashspike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Very nice story, makes me want to go rescue some animals.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Yeah, harpooning "for science" is sooooo much more moralistic. :|
- Criterion, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6"you people are idiots, whales arent fish."
Too bad you don't understand the reference above. Kinda ironic you would call anyone referencing Adams an idiot, since you are obviously clueless about what they were talking about. - jamesvaughn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Animals are smarter than people like to say because we like to eat them, etc.
- CLIFFosakaJAPAN, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5based on what?
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"what makes whales so special that humans can't eat?"
So by that logic I take it we should all be hunting and eating other humans? Or should we breed them? Then we wouldn't feel bad about shooting a poker with an exploding tip into their back and watch them either drown or cut them open while they slowly die of massive internal haemorraging.
I do, however, eat meat. Mostly beef. Stunned before slaughter. - cceverett, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3That's funny because I had never heard about this story. I expect some others haven't either. It is not a web site that has to have only up to the minute new stories. That is what CNN and Fox News are for. I am glad that it was posted. I think it is a very interesting story and I am glad that it was posted.
- Jammerdelray, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I beleive the whale was thanking them....they are pretty smart.
- ViceVirtue, on 10/12/2007, -15/+18It's a nice story anyway, I dugg it and I'm a Digg scrooge. (I rarely did a story even if I like it)
- billydisaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Well, if you;re munching away on cheeseburgers, it's going to be the vegetarian who lives longer. Supersize you.
- Alaerus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Now THIS is the kind of news I like to read about. The world would be a much better place if more stories like this got out.
- jerrywojo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Nice, heart warming story.
Sorry can't think of anything negative or ignorant to say. So I'll just leave it as a "nice heart warming story".
Which it is and always will be regardless. lol
- Berkana, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4They harpoon dolphins because the dolphins compete with them for Maguro (tuna). I don't think they actually eat dolphins though, but I do know that they do eat other kinds of whale.
- tearor, on 10/12/2007, -7/+10Last whale I had, gave me herpes
- LaCamiseta, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Here's the original article:
http://tinyurl.com/c5fev - Glidedon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I am never going to pee in the ocean again!
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