Posted on 05/24/2009 12:13:09 PM PDT by Loyalist
Scientists have discovered that a pod of North Atlantic right whales -- possibly an offshoot of Canada's critically endangered population -- has returned to waters off southern Greenland after 200 years, raising new hopes for the species but also concerns about a coming clash between nature and commerce at the doorstep of the unlocked Northwest Passage.
Only about 400 individual right whales are known to migrate annually along the Atlantic coast between Nova Scotia and Florida, a tiny remnant of a once-robust species that was hunted almost to extinction by the early 20th century. They were named for being the "right" whales to hunt because they were relatively easy to subdue.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalpost.com ...
“Where are all the left whales?”
I’ve got a feeling that a photo of Hillary will show up soon on this thread;)
The right whales are the right whales, but the left whales were left out..
Same pod that was off of Cape Cod recently? I read that they had over 30 calves.
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080416/NEWS/80416020
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/gallery/032609_whales/
>>Where are all the left whales?
In congress and the TOTUS-reading fuhrer’s administration.
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“Where are all the left whales?” I’ve got a feeling that a photo of Hillary will show up soon on this thread;)”
Couldn’t find a wide angled lens photo for her backside...
“With melting Arctic sea ice expected to soon unlock an important new international shipping lane past southern Greenland and up through Canada’s Northwest Passage, scientists are warning that the newly discovered whale habitat would be in the path of oil tankers, ocean liners and other marine traffic moving through the polar region.”
They had to include global warming in the article. It is required these days.
Send in the Japanese “scientific study” whaling boats... Right Whale meat is supposedly delicious!
Here's a picture
The Northwest passage isn't unlocked by any stretch of the imagination. There have always been years when there was no ice there, dating back to the late 1700's, long before the "global warming" scam. In fact the Brits were concerned that the Canada's could be attacked by the Soviets at the time, but learned that shifting winds closed that passage just as fast as shifting winds opened it.
Funny how supposedly "modern" and more intelligent "scientists" ( a word used to hide the fact that they are nothing but anti-human tree huggers) can't figure that out, but claim ice is melting at -50f.
Oops...never mind.
Did I mention the time I was sunbathing at an Atlantic beach, and GreenPeace tried to drag me out to sea?
Probably came back because the water warmed up.
Natural selection at work?
:D
Good news! Now that they are coming back we can start to harvest them again! Do it selectively with hand tossed harpoons to give em a chance. Make whaling as dangerous as catching Alaskan king crabs. BUT Whale oil is great stuff! Do it on a limited basis naturally, but they should be harvested to help mankind.
That would be the Russians, a traditional rival of the Brits in the "Great Game". The Soviet Union didn't exist until 1922, although the Bolshevik Revolution (aka October Revolution) was in 1917.
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