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Dead Sperm Whale Towed Away From Florida Keys
NBC Miami ^ | Friday, Jan 3, 2014

Posted on 01/03/2014 10:08:21 PM PST by nickcarraway

The carcass of a deceased sperm whale, estimated to be 35 feet long, has been towed about 10 miles off the Florida Keys to the Gulf Stream.

The marine mammal was discovered about a mile off Key Largo Thursday

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcmiami.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
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1 posted on 01/03/2014 10:08:21 PM PST by nickcarraway
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When they came for the dead sperm whales, I didn’t speak up...


2 posted on 01/03/2014 10:12:45 PM PST by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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To: nickcarraway

Should have blown it up, after taking the teeth.


3 posted on 01/03/2014 10:13:11 PM PST by xone
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Sperm Whale Teeth........ Is it just me?


4 posted on 01/03/2014 10:16:33 PM PST by REDWOOD99 ("Everyone should pay taxes. Everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: nickcarraway

For a second I thought Kim Kardaschian had an accident..


5 posted on 01/03/2014 10:17:31 PM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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....E was just pining for the fjords....
6 posted on 01/03/2014 10:23:23 PM PST by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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To: nickcarraway

Did anyone check for Ambergris?


7 posted on 01/03/2014 10:38:01 PM PST by JSDude1 (Defeat Hagan, elect a Constutional Conservative: Dr. Greg Brannon!)
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To: nickcarraway

Sperm whale burger in paradise!


8 posted on 01/03/2014 10:58:09 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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Oregon's Exploding Whale (YouTube Original Video from 1970)
9 posted on 01/03/2014 11:48:44 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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> Should have blown it up...

Instructions supplied via YouTube, see above comment.

10 posted on 01/03/2014 11:49:34 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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Dead whale on beach non-ping....

Video link of 1970 Oregon exploding whale supplied in earlier comment...

11 posted on 01/03/2014 11:50:57 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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The original Free Republic thread: The Infamous Tale of an Exploding Whale (Thar She Blows!)
12 posted on 01/04/2014 12:02:38 AM PST by nickcarraway
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Sperm whales always scared me like no other whale. Don’t know why, but maybe it is the early depictions of them being predatory boat attackers, Moby Dick-style.


13 posted on 01/04/2014 12:28:56 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: dayglored; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Dead whale on beach non-ping....



14 posted on 01/04/2014 12:43:14 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: dayglored

Dave Barry wrote about this some years ago and it is one of the funniest things I have ever read. Almost split a gut laughing.


15 posted on 01/04/2014 4:08:31 AM PST by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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"Dead Sperm Whale Towed Away From Florida Keys"

It should be noted that: "Dead Sperm" is an excellent name for a punk rock band... [/Dave Barry]

16 posted on 01/04/2014 4:10:22 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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What a coinkidink!

I JUST finished reading “Moby Dick” for the third time.


17 posted on 01/04/2014 5:41:11 AM PST by left that other site
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You do not want to know what happens to a dead whale when it sinks to the floor of the ocean. It reaches a whole new level of gross.


18 posted on 01/04/2014 6:51:53 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (There Is Still A Very Hot War On Terror, Just Not On The MSM. Rantburg.com)
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19 posted on 01/04/2014 6:58:25 AM PST by Daffynition (It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.)
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Support FR

20 posted on 01/04/2014 7:54:28 AM PST by Lady Jag (Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society. - Aristotle)
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